bernique
French, noun/bɛʁ.nik/
bernique is spelled B-E-R-N-I-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bernique is a French feminine noun meaning “limpet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Patelle”.
What does bernique mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelimpet
interjection
- 1
I'm afraid not!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Non, rien.
noun: 1. Patelle. 2. Personne collante, qui recherche abusivement le contact des autres.
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 bernique
- berniques plural
- bernique ! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bernique?
- /bɛʁ.nik/
- \bɛʁ.nik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bernique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bernique in French?
bernique appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).