palan
French, noun/pa.lɑ̃/
palan is spelled P-A-L-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palan is a French masculine noun meaning “hoist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblage de poulies et de cordages, dont on se sert soit pour exécuter des manœuvres à bord des navires…”.
What does palan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehoist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Assemblage de poulies et de cordages, dont on se sert soit pour exécuter des manœuvres à bord des navires, soit pour soulever de pesants fardeaux. 2. Assemblage de poulies et de cordages ou de chaînes utilisé pour soulever des objets pesants.
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 palan
- palans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palan?
- /pa.lɑ̃/
- \pa.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is palan in French?
palan appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).