usine
French, noun
usine is spelled U-S-I-N-E (5 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written French, the 2,074th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Usine is a French feminine noun meaning “factory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of usiner. With an accent, usiné is a different word: “past participle of usiner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Établissement pourvu de machines, où l’on travaille des matières premières pour en tirer certains produits”.
What does usine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefactory
- 2
femininemill
- 3
feminineworks
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of usiner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Établissement pourvu de machines, où l’on travaille des matières premières pour en tirer certains produits.
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 usine
- usines plural
- usinée feminine
- usinés masculine plural
- usinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to usine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is usine in French?
usine appears 40 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).