pennine
French, noun\pɛ.nin\
pennine is a French masculine noun meaning “penninite (A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aluminosilicate de magnésie, ainsi nommé parce qu’il est originaire des Alpes pennines”.
What does pennine mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepenninite (A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie le massif des Alpes situé autour du col du Grand-Saint-Bernard et du Cervin.
noun: 1. Aluminosilicate de magnésie, ainsi nommé parce qu’il est originaire des Alpes pennines.
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 pennine
- pennines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pennine?
- \pɛ.nin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pennine in French?
pennine appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).