shantung
French, noun\ʃɑ̃.tuŋ\
shantung is spelled S-H-A-N-T-U-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shantung is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of chantoung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de chantoung”.
What does shantung mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of chantoung
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de chantoung.
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 shantung
- shantungs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shantung?
- \ʃɑ̃.tuŋ\
- [ʃɑ̃.tuŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is shantung in French?
shantung appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).