tan
French, determiner/tɑ̃/
tan is spelled T-A-N (3 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tan is a French neuter determiner meaning “your” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante neutre de ton ou ta, utilisée pour se référer un genre non-binaire ou indéfini”.
What does tan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepulped oak bark used in the tanning process (i.e. of tanning leather)
determiner
- 1
neuteryour
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Écorce pulvérisée du chêne et de quelques autres arbres, dont on se sert pour le traitement des cuirs.
noun: 1. Nom arménien de l’ayran.
determiner: 1. Variante neutre de ton ou ta, utilisée pour se référer un genre non-binaire ou indéfini.
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 tan
- tans plural
- tes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tan?
- /tɑ̃/
- \tɑ̃\
- \tan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tan in French?
tan appears 2.9 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).