tarlatane
French, noun\taʁ.la.tan\
tarlatane is spelled T-A-R-L-A-T-A-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tarlatane is a French feminine noun meaning “tarlatan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoffe de coton à tissage très lâche et très apprêté, contrairement à la mousseline, plus souple et légère”.
What does tarlatane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetarlatan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoffe de coton à tissage très lâche et très apprêté, contrairement à la mousseline, plus souple et légère.
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 tarlatane
- tarlatanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tarlatane?
- \taʁ.la.tan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tarlatane in French?
tarlatane appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).