palangre
French, noun
palangre is spelled P-A-L-A-N-G-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palangre is a French feminine noun meaning “longline (fishing line)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of palangrer. With an accent, palangré is a different word: “past participle of palangrer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corde ou grosse ligne à laquelle sont suspendues des lignes munies d'hameçons, qui peut reposer sur le fond…”.
What does palangre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelongline (fishing line)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of palangrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Corde ou grosse ligne à laquelle sont suspendues des lignes munies d'hameçons, qui peut reposer sur le fond ou être soutenue par des flotteurs.
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 palangre
- palangres plural
- palangrée feminine
- palangrés masculine plural
- palangrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to palangre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palangre in French?
palangre appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).