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bitcoin

French, noun/bit.kɔjn/

bitcoin is spelled B-I-T-C-O-I-N (7 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bitcoin is a French masculine noun meaning “bitcoin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monnaie numérique d'échange chiffrée et décentralisée. Son symbole est ₿ (Unicode U+20BF). Son code d’échange…”.

What does bitcoin mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebitcoin

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Monnaie numérique d'échange chiffrée et décentralisée. Son symbole est ₿ (Unicode U+20BF). Son code d’échange international est BTC ou XBT. 2. Une de ses unités

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 bitcoin

  • bitcoins plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bitcoin?

  • /bit.kɔjn/
  • \bit.kɔjn\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bitcoin

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bitcoin in French?

bitcoin appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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