bassinoire
French, noun/ba.si.nwaʁ/
bassinoire is spelled B-A-S-S-I-N-O-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bassinoire is a French feminine noun meaning “warming pan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bassin de métal, emmanché, à couvercle percé de nombreux trous, que l'on remplissait de braises, et que l’on…”.
What does bassinoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewarming pan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bassin de métal, emmanché, à couvercle percé de nombreux trous, que l'on remplissait de braises, et que l’on passait entre les draps pour chauffer le lit. 2. Bouillotte 3. Grosse montre.
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 bassinoire
- bassinoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bassinoire?
- /ba.si.nwaʁ/
- \ba.si.nwaʁ\
- [ba.si.nwaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bassinoire in French?
bassinoire appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).