banquine
\bɑ̃.kin\
The verdict
“banquine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discipline acrobatique consistant pour des porteurs au sol à recevoir et à projeter en l'air un voltigeur, à l'aide de leurs mains entrecroisées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-banquine · banquine · French
banquine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | banquine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃.kin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « banquine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
banquine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ̃.kin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discipline acrobatique consistant pour des porteurs au sol à recevoir et à projeter en l'air un voltigeur, à l'aide de leurs mains entrecroisées.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for banquine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is banquine, spelled B-A-N-Q-U-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Discipline acrobatique consistant pour des porteurs au sol à recevoir et à projeter en l'air un voltigeur, à l'aide de leurs mains entrecroisées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how banquine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un saut à la banquine.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.