pagne
French, noun/paɲ/
pagne is spelled P-A-G-N-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pagne is a French masculine noun meaning “loincloth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de tissu ou de matière végétale tressée avec lequel une personne se couvre les hanches jusqu’aux…”.
What does pagne mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloincloth
- 2
masculinegrass skirt
- 3
masculinepagne (African patterned cloth used as a wrap)
noun
- 1
masculineslangbed
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de tissu ou de matière végétale tressée avec lequel une personne se couvre les hanches jusqu’aux genoux. 2. Longueur de tissu tissée, souvent avec des motifs flamboyants et symboliques, pouvant être utilisée comme vêtement, destinée à un usage cérémonial ou donné comme cadeau ou objet d'échange.
noun: 1. Lit.
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 pagne
- pagnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pagne?
- /paɲ/
- \paɲ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pagne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pagne in French?
pagne appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).