plainte
French, noun/plɛ̃t/
plainte is spelled P-L-A-I-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plainte is a French feminine noun meaning “complaint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of plaint. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gémissement ; lamentation”.
What does plainte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomplaint
- 2
femininemoan, groan
- 3
feminine(criminal) complaint
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of plaint
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gémissement ; lamentation. 2. Ce qu’on dit, ce qu’on écrit pour faire connaître le sujet qu’on a de se plaindre de quelqu’un. 3. Exposé qu’on fait en justice du sujet qu’on a de se plaindre.
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 plainte
- plaintes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plainte?
- /plɛ̃t/
- \plɛ̃t\
- [plɛ̃t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plainte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plainte in French?
plainte appears 32 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).