sapin
French, noun/sa.pɛ̃/
sapin is spelled S-A-P-I-N (5 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sapin is a French masculine noun meaning “fir, fir tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conifère de grande taille de la famille des Abiétacées, dont les aiguilles, plates et disposées en une ou…”.
What does sapin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefir, fir tree
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conifère de grande taille de la famille des Abiétacées, dont les aiguilles, plates et disposées en une ou deux rangées autour du rameau, sont persistantes et dont les cônes sont dressés. 2. Désigne couramment d'autres résineux, tels le douglas, le mélèze ou l'épicéa. 3. Bois de cet arbre. 4. Cercueil.
adjective: 1. De la couleur vert profond et sombre. #095228
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 sapin
- sapins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sapin?
- /sa.pɛ̃/
- \sa.pɛ̃\
- [ɛ̃ sa.pɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sapin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sapin in French?
sapin appears 7.2 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).