thread
French, noun/tʁɛd/
thread is spelled T-H-R-E-A-D (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thread is a French masculine noun meaning “thread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme de fil d’exécution ou processus léger : processus inclus dans un autre processus et qui utilise les…”.
What does thread mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethread
- 2
masculinethread
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonyme de fil d’exécution ou processus léger : processus inclus dans un autre processus et qui utilise les ressources de cet autre processus ^([1]). 2. Synonyme de fil de discussion ou fil d’intérêt : suite de messages (généralement des courriels) contenant des informations étroitement associées et que l’on peut isoler facilement des autres messages ^([2]).
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 thread
- threads plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thread?
- Canada /tʁɛd/
- France /sʁɛd/
- \tʁɛd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is thread in French?
thread appears 13 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).