baldaquin
French, noun/bal.da.kɛ̃/
baldaquin is spelled B-A-L-D-A-Q-U-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baldaquin is a French masculine noun meaning “baldaquin, canopy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dais qui sert de couronnement à un trône, à un autel, etc”.
What does baldaquin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaldaquin, canopy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dais qui sert de couronnement à un trône, à un autel, etc. 2. Ciel de lit.
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 baldaquin
- baldaquins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baldaquin?
- /bal.da.kɛ̃/
- \bal.da.kɛ̃\
- [bal.da.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 baldaquin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baldaquin in French?
baldaquin 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).