merrain
French, noun/mɛ.ʁɛ̃/
merrain is spelled M-E-R-R-A-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merrain is a French masculine noun meaning “oak stave (used to make barrels, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bois de chêne ou de châtaignier fendu en fil, sans nœud ni aubier, utilisé surtout en tonnellerie et aussi…”.
What does merrain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoak stave (used to make barrels, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bois de chêne ou de châtaignier fendu en fil, sans nœud ni aubier, utilisé surtout en tonnellerie et aussi nommé bourdillon. 2. En apposition, dans la locution nominale bois merrain. 3. Matière de la perche et du bois du cerf où sont greffés les andouillers.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of merrain
- merrains plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merrain?
- /mɛ.ʁɛ̃/
- /me.ʁɛ̃/
- \mɛ.ʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merrain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merrain in French?
merrain appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).