train
French, noun/tʁɛ̃/
train is spelled T-R-A-I-N (5 letters) and appears 166 times per million words in written French, the 491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Train is a French masculine noun meaning “train (rail mounted vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Allure, vitesse de chevaux et autres bêtes de trait”.
What does train mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrain (rail mounted vehicle)
billet de train
- 2
masculinepace
aller bon train
- 3
masculinenoise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Allure, vitesse de chevaux et autres bêtes de trait. 2. Allure, vitesse d’une marche ou d’un déplacement. 3. Allure régulière dans une course de fond ou de demi-fond. 4. Courant, marche des affaires, de la vie.
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 train
- trains plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce train?
- /tʁɛ̃/
- \tʁɛ̃\
- [lə tʁɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to train
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is train in French?
train appears 166 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).