vahiné
French, noun/va.i.ne/
vahiné is spelled V-A-H-I-N-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vahiné is a French feminine noun meaning “wahine (Polynesian woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme polynésienne”.
What does vahiné mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewahine (Polynesian woman)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme polynésienne.
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 vahiné
- vahinés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vahiné?
- /va.i.ne/
- \va.i.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vahiné in French?
vahiné appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).