tiretaine
French, noun/tiʁ.tɛn/
tiretaine is spelled T-I-R-E-T-A-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiretaine is a French feminine noun meaning “tartan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de droguet, drap tissé grossièrement, moitié laine, moitié fil”.
What does tiretaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetartan
- 2
feminineobsoletecoarse cloth made of wool mixed with another fabric
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de droguet, drap tissé grossièrement, moitié laine, moitié fil.
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 tiretaine
- tiretaines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiretaine?
- /tiʁ.tɛn/
- \tiʁ.tɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tiretaine in French?
tiretaine appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).