thune
French, noun/tyn/
thune is spelled T-H-U-N-E (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thune is a French feminine noun meaning “cash, dosh (money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aumône”.
What does thune mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangcash, dosh (money)
- 2
Switzerlandfeminineobsoleteslanga coin worth five francs
- 3
feminineobsoleteslangalms
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aumône. 2. (désuet en France et en Belgique)(dénombrable) Pièce de cinq francs. 3. (indénombrable) Argent, monnaie.
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 thune
- thunes plural
- tune alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thune?
- /tyn/
- \tyn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thune
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thune in French?
thune appears 2.1 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).