pavane
French, noun
pavane is spelled P-A-V-A-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pavane is a French feminine noun meaning “pavane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pavané is a different word: “past participle of pavaner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte d’ancienne danse grave et sérieuse ; la musique de cette danse”.
What does pavane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepavane
verb
- 1
past participle of pavaner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte d’ancienne danse grave et sérieuse ; la musique de cette danse. 2. Fait de se pavaner. référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème)
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 pavane
- pavanes plural
- pavanée feminine
- pavanés masculine plural
- pavanées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pavane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pavane in French?
pavane appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).