sentine
French, noun/sɑ̃.tin/
sentine is spelled S-E-N-T-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentine is a French feminine noun meaning “bilge (lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cale, partie basse de l’intérieur d’un navire, dans laquelle les eaux s’amassent et croupissent”.
What does sentine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebilge (lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates)
- 2
femininecesspool, cesspit (wet and filthy place)
- 3
feminineplace of corruption and moral decay
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cale, partie basse de l’intérieur d’un navire, dans laquelle les eaux s’amassent et croupissent. 2. Endroit malpropre et nauséabond. 3. Bas-fond, endroit malsain où se concentrent les vices.
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 sentine
- sentines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentine?
- /sɑ̃.tin/
- \sɑ̃.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sentine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentine in French?
sentine appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).