vent
French, noun/vɑ̃/
vent is spelled V-E-N-T (4 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written French, the 1,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vent is a French masculine noun meaning “wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement d’air extérieur et nettement perceptible suivant une direction déterminée”.
What does vent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewind
moulin à vent
- 2
masculineflatulence
- 3
masculineempty words, hot air
Toutes ces promesses, c'est du vent.
- 4
masculineslangwind instrument
se prendre un vent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement d’air extérieur et nettement perceptible suivant une direction déterminée. 2. Air agité par un moyen quelconque. 3. Être en quête de proie, chercher une affaire, une occasion. 4. À l’air libre, qu’il y ait du vent ou non.
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 vent
- vents plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vent?
- France /vɑ̃/
- Canada /vã/
- \vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vent in French?
vent appears 63 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).