tartan
French, noun\taʁ.tɑ̃\
tartan is spelled T-A-R-T-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tartan is a French masculine noun meaning “tartan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoffe de laine à carreaux de diverses couleurs, qui est très employée en Écosse”.
What does tartan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetartan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoffe de laine à carreaux de diverses couleurs, qui est très employée en Écosse. 2. Vêtement ou châle fait de cette étoffe. 3. Matériau à base de polyuréthane servant essentiellement à réaliser des pistes pour des épreuves sportives.
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 tartan
- tartans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tartan?
- \taʁ.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tartan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tartan in French?
tartan appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).