veine
French, noun
veine is spelled V-E-I-N-E (5 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veine is a French feminine noun meaning “vein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, veiné is a different word: “past participle of veiner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vaisseau qui ramène le sang au cœur”.
What does veine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevein
- 2
femininevein, seam
- 3
feminineinformalluck
- 4
feminineinspiration
verb
- 1
past participle of veiner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a des veines, des marques sinueuses, en parlant du bois, du marbre et de quelques pierres.
noun: 1. Vaisseau qui ramène le sang au cœur. 2. Surtout au pluriel, Tout vaisseau sanguin. 3. Nervure de la feuille. 4. Marques longues et étroites qui vont en serpentant dans le bois, dans les pierres dures.
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 veine
- veines plural
- veinée feminine
- veinés masculine plural
- veinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to veine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is veine in French?
veine appears 6.3 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).