panse
French, noun
panse is a French feminine noun meaning “belly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of panser. With an accent, pansé is a different word: “past participle of panser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ventre”.
What does panse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebelly
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of panser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ventre. 2. Premier estomac des ruminants ; rumen ; herbier. 3. Partie renflée d’une chose. 4. Bedaine
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 panse
- panses plural
- pansée feminine
- pansés masculine plural
- pansées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to panse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is panse in French?
panse appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).