string
French, noun/stʁiŋ/
string is spelled S-T-R-I-N-G (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). String is a French masculine noun meaning “G-string, thong, tanga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous-vêtement principalement féminin, consistant en un triangle de tissu couvrant les parties génitales et…”.
What does string mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineG-string, thong, tanga
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sous-vêtement principalement féminin, consistant en un triangle de tissu couvrant les parties génitales et maintenu par une cordelette, éventuellement recouverte de dentelle, passant dans l’entrejambe.
noun: 1. Chaine de caractères.
adverb: 1. Stringendo, en pressant.
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 string
- strings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce string?
- /stʁiŋ/
- \stʁiŋ\
- \stʁiŋ.ɛn.do\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is string in French?
string appears 2.8 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).