reins
French, noun/ʁɛ̃/
reins is spelled R-E-I-N-S (5 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reins is a French masculine noun meaning “small of the back; waist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of rein. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reins de voûte : dessus d'une voûte de part et d'autre de la clé, compris entre l'extrados et un plan…”.
What does reins mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall of the back; waist
noun
- 1
masculineplural of rein
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reins de voûte : dessus d'une voûte de part et d'autre de la clé, compris entre l'extrados et un plan vertical élevé à partir de la naissance de l'extrados. Cet espace est en général rempli d'un blocage chargeant l'arc. Cet espace peut aussi être vide. On distingue les reins pleins et les reins vides.
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 reins
- rein singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reins?
- /ʁɛ̃/
- \ʁɛ̃\
- [ʁɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reins
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reins in French?
reins appears 5.9 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).