une
French, noun/yn/
une is spelled U-N-E (3 letters) and appears 10,000 times per million words in written French, the 14th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Une is a French feminine noun meaning “front page (of a publication)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of un (“a / an”), the feminine indefinite article. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chose portant le numéro 1”.
What does une mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefront page (of a publication)
article
- 1
femininefeminine singular of un (“a / an”), the feminine indefinite article
une fille, une femme, une langue, une heure
number
- 1
femininefeminine singular of un (“one”)
Je voudrais une pomme et deux bananes.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chose portant le numéro 1. 2. Titre principal de la première page d’un journal contenant les grands titres.
noun: 1. Variante de une.
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 une
- unes plural
- eine alternative Louisiana
- einne alternative Louisiana
- eunne alternative Louisiana
- Unes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce une?
- /yn/
- Quebec [ʏn]
- [ɛ̃n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to une
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is une in French?
une appears 10,000 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).