arlequin
French, noun/aʁ.lə.kɛ̃/
arlequin is spelled A-R-L-E-Q-U-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arlequin is a French masculine noun meaning “harlequin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personnage légendaire maléfique”.
What does arlequin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineharlequin
- 2
masculinebuffoon
- 3
masculinejester
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personnage légendaire maléfique. 2. Personnage de la comédie italienne, qui a été introduit sur le théâtre français et dont le vêtement est formé de pièces de diverses couleurs. 3. Homme qui change d’opinion à tout moment. 4. Objet fait d’éléments de couleurs variées, surtout d’éléments triangulaires.
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 arlequin
- arlequins plural
- arlequine feminine
- arlequines plural feminine
- harlequin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arlequin?
- /aʁ.lə.kɛ̃/
- \aʁ.lə.kɛ̃\
- [aʁ.lə.kɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arlequin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arlequin in French?
arlequin 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).