aquilin
\a.ki.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“aquilin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie un nez fin et courbé en bec d’aigle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aquilin · aquilin · French
aquilin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aquilin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.ki.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aquilin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
aquilin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.ki.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
aquilin has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aquilin, spelled A-Q-U-I-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un nez fin et courbé en bec d’aigle.
- 2Qualifie les traits du visage, d’un profil ou le visage lui-même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aquilin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un nez légèrement aquilin complétait le charme de cette tête noble à la fois et cependant variant à chaque instant, comme les nuances de passion qui agitaient madame d’Hocquincourt.
Ce commandant, un homme fort, haut, […], le nez aquilin, les yeux immobiles et rapaces, et le crâne tout petit, nous reçut avec bonhomie et amabilité.
This word in other languages
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.