moraine
French, noun/mɔ.ʁɛn/
moraine is spelled M-O-R-A-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moraine is a French feminine noun meaning “moraine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terrain escarpé au bord d’un torrent, d’une rivière, d’un lac”.
What does moraine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoraine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terrain escarpé au bord d’un torrent, d’une rivière, d’un lac. 2. Amas de pierres, de farine glaciaire et d'autres débris que les glaciers ont déposé sur leurs bords, en leur milieu et à leur extrémité inférieure.
noun: 1. Laine que l'on a prélevée au moyen de chaux vive sur un animal mort de maladie.
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 moraine
- moraines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moraine?
- /mɔ.ʁɛn/
- \mɔ.ʁɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moraine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moraine in French?
moraine appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).