trentaine
French, noun/tʁɑ̃.tɛn/
trentaine is a French feminine noun meaning “about thirty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réunion de personnes ou de choses de même nature au nombre de trente ou environ”.
What does trentaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabout thirty
- 2
feminineone's thirties (period of life between ages 30 and 39)
un homme dans la trentaine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réunion de personnes ou de choses de même nature au nombre de trente ou environ. 2. L’âge de trente ans. 3. Période de la vie entre 30 et 39 ans.
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 trentaine
- trentaines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trentaine?
- /tʁɑ̃.tɛn/
- \tʁɑ̃.tɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trentaine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trentaine in French?
trentaine appears 12 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).