sampan
French, noun\sɑ̃.pɑ̃\
sampan is a French masculine noun meaning “sampan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Navire léger en usage en Extrême-Orient dans la navigation fluviale et le cabotage”.
What does sampan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesampan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Navire léger en usage en Extrême-Orient dans la navigation fluviale et le cabotage.
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 sampan
- sampans plural
- sampang dated
- champan obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sampan?
- \sɑ̃.pɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sampan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sampan in French?
sampan 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).