soixantaine
French, noun/swa.sɑ̃.tɛn/
soixantaine is spelled S-O-I-X-A-N-T-A-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soixantaine is a French feminine noun meaning “about sixty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de soixante ou environ”.
What does soixantaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabout sixty
- 2
feminineone's sixties (period of life between ages 60 and 69)
une femme dans la soixantaine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de soixante ou environ. 2. Âge de soixante ans ou environ. 3. Période de la vie entre 60 et 69 ans.
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 soixantaine
- soixantaines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soixantaine?
- /swa.sɑ̃.tɛn/
- \swa.sɑ̃.tɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soixantaine in French?
soixantaine appears 3.2 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).