zain
French, adjective
zain is spelled Z-A-I-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zain is a French adjective meaning “Having no white markings (of the coat of a horse, dog etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, zaïn is a different word: “alternative form of zayin”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont la robe ou le poil, simple et uniforme, n’a aucune marque de blanc”.
What does zain mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Having no white markings (of the coat of a horse, dog etc.)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of zayin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont la robe ou le poil, simple et uniforme, n’a aucune marque de blanc.
noun: 1. ז, septième lettre de l’alphabet hébreu. 2. Nom de la onzième lettre de l’alphabet arabe (\z\ Isolée : ﺯ, finale ﺰ).
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 zain
- zaine feminine
- zains masculine plural
- zaines feminine plural
- zaïns plural
- zāī
- zāy
- zay
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zain in French?
zain appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).