biniou
French, noun/bi.nju/
biniou is spelled B-I-N-I-O-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biniou is a French masculine noun meaning “biniou, Breton bagpipes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de cornemuse en usage en Bretagne”.
What does biniou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebiniou, Breton bagpipes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de cornemuse en usage en Bretagne. 2. Instrument à vent, généralement lorsque celui qui en joue n’est pas très doué. 3. Téléphone. 4. Alcootest.
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 biniou
- binious plural
- bignou
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce biniou?
- /bi.nju/
- \bi.nju\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is biniou in French?
biniou appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).