vélin
French, noun/ve.lɛ̃/
vélin is spelled V-É-L-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,824th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vélin is a French masculine noun meaning “vellum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parchemin de qualité supérieure, traditionnellement fait de peau de très jeune veau”.
What does vélin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevellum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la finesse du vélin.
noun: 1. Parchemin de qualité supérieure, traditionnellement fait de peau de très jeune veau. 2. Papier de qualité supérieure, imitant la blancheur et l’uni de ce type de parchemin. 3. Dentelle fine d’Alençon dite aussi point royal.
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 vélin
- vélins plural
- véline singular feminine
- vélines plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vélin?
- /ve.lɛ̃/
- \ve.lɛ̃\
- [velɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vélin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vélin in French?
vélin appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).