sainfoin
French, noun/sɛ̃.fwɛ̃/
sainfoin is spelled S-A-I-N-F-O-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sainfoin is a French masculine noun meaning “sainfoin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fabacée du genre Onobrychis”.
What does sainfoin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesainfoin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fabacée du genre Onobrychis.
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 sainfoin
- sainfoins plural
- sain-foin obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sainfoin?
- /sɛ̃.fwɛ̃/
- \sɛ̃.fwɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sainfoin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sainfoin in French?
sainfoin appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).