vanne
French, noun
vanne is spelled V-A-N-N-E (5 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vanne is a French feminine noun meaning “floodgate, sluice gate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vanner. With an accent, vanné is a different word: “past participle of vanner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Panneau de fermeture fixe et étanche servant à régler le débit d’un fluide liquide, gazeux ou pulvérulent…”.
What does vanne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefloodgate, sluice gate
- 2
femininestopcock
noun
- 1
feminineinformalpointed pleasantry, dig, cutting remark
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of vanner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Panneau de fermeture fixe et étanche servant à régler le débit d’un fluide liquide, gazeux ou pulvérulent dans une canalisation. 2. Sorte de barrière étanche et mobile qui se hausse ou se baisse pour laisser passer l’eau ou la retenir dans un canal. 3. Partie liquide des matières fécales. 4. Ce qui retient.
noun: 1. (Désuet au masculin) Méchanceté, pique, sarcasme, moquerie. 2. Plaisanterie.
noun: 1. Variante de van pour faire correspondre prononciation et graphie.
adjective: 1. Épuisé, très fatigué.
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 vanne
- vannes plural
- vannée feminine
- vannés masculine plural
- vannées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vanne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vanne in French?
vanne appears 3.9 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).