moine
French, noun/mwan/
moine is spelled M-O-I-N-E (5 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moine is a French masculine noun meaning “monk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religieux faisant partie d’un ordre dont les membres vivent sous une règle commune et séparés du monde”.
What does moine mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemonk
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Religieux faisant partie d’un ordre dont les membres vivent sous une règle commune et séparés du monde. 2. N’importe quel religieux. 3. Celui qui vit comme un moine, une vie chaste et frugale. 4. Appareil destiné à chauffer les lits.
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 moine
- moines plural
- moniale feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moine?
- /mwan/
- \mwan\
- [ɛ̃ mwan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moine in French?
moine appears 7.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).