vase
French, noun/vaz/
vase is spelled V-A-S-E (4 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vase is a French feminine noun meaning “silt, mud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bourbe, limon qui se dépose au fond de la mer, des fleuves, des étangs, etc”.
What does vase mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesilt, mud
noun
- 1
masculinevase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bourbe, limon qui se dépose au fond de la mer, des fleuves, des étangs, etc. 2. Eau, en particulier pluie.
noun: 1. Récipient pour contenir un fluide ou une substance granuleuse. 2. Récipient de forme allongée, posé debout, utilisé pour contenir un liquide, des cendres, ou pour décorer. 3. Apocope de vase de nuit. 4. Calice de certaines fleurs.
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 vase
- vases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vase?
- /vaz/
- /vɑz/
- \vɑz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vase in French?
vase appears 5.9 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).