sangle
French, noun
sangle is spelled S-A-N-G-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sangle is a French feminine noun meaning “strap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of sangler. With an accent, sanglé is a different word: “past participle of sangler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bande de toile, de cuir, qu’on tend, qu’on serre pour maintenir quelque chose”.
What does sangle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestrap
- 2
feminineripcord (of a parachute)
- 3
femininesling
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of sangler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bande de toile, de cuir, qu’on tend, qu’on serre pour maintenir quelque chose. 2. Lien destiné à brider des élans spontanés.
noun: 1. Andain dont les couches de foin ne sont pas en alternance.
noun: 1. en montagne, terrasse naturelle horizontale plus ou moins large, généralement herbeuse.
adjective: 1. Maintenu en place, attaché par une sangle. 2. Se dit d’une personne ou d’un objet attachés aux parois de l’enceinte en impesanteur dans laquelle ils se trouvent. 3. Serré dans un vêtement étroit, raide.
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 sangle
- sangles plural
- sanglée feminine
- sanglés masculine plural
- sanglées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sangle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sangle in French?
sangle appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).