prétentaine
French, noun/pʁe.tɑ̃.tɛn/
prétentaine is spelled P-R-É-T-E-N-T-A-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written French, the 282,260th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prétentaine is a French feminine noun meaning “only used in courir la prétentaine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “N’est usité que dans l’expression courir la pretentaine”.
What does prétentaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineonly used in courir la prétentaine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. N’est usité que dans l’expression courir la pretentaine.
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 prétentaine
- pretentaines plural
- pretantaine
- prétantaine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prétentaine?
- /pʁe.tɑ̃.tɛn/
- \pʁə.tɑ̃.tɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prétentaine in French?
prétentaine appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).