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traîne

French, noun

traîne is a French feminine noun meaning “anything that trails” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of traîner. Without its accent, traine is a different word: “train (of a dress)”. With an accent, traîné is a different word: “past participle of traîner”. With an accent, trainé is a different word: “past participle of trainer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de traîner, de tirer”.

What does traîne mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineanything that trails

  2. 2

    femininetrain (of a wedding dress)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

noun

as traine
  1. 1

    femininetrain (of a dress)

verb

as traîné
  1. 1

    past participle of traîner

verb

as trainé
  1. 1

    past participle of trainer

verb

as traine
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de traîner, de tirer. 2. Queue traînante d’une robe. 3. Longues tiges pendantes d’une plante grimpante. 4. (Régionalisme berrichon) Chemin creux ombragé par des arbres.

noun: 1. Action de trainer, de tirer. 2. Queue trainante d’une robe.

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 traîne

  • traînes plural
  • traines plural
  • traînée feminine
  • traînés masculine plural
  • traînées feminine plural
  • trainée feminine
  • trainés masculine plural
  • trainées feminine plural
  • traine
  • traîne

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to traîne

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is traîne in French?

traîne appears 7.9 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).