bane
French\ban\
bane is a French noun. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hotte pour les vendanges”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hotte pour les vendanges. 2. Mesure de la capacité d’une telle hotte. 3. Espace clos pour arrêter le poisson.
noun: 1. Corne d'un animal, bois d'un cervidé, parfois même antenne d'insecte. ^([1]) 2. par extension, dent d'un outil agricole (fourche, piochon). ^([1]) 3. par extension, tête, entendement.
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 bane
- banes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bane?
- \ban\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bane in French?
bane appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).