bouquinerie
French, noun/bu.kin.ʁi/
bouquinerie is spelled B-O-U-Q-U-I-N-E-R-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouquinerie is a French feminine noun meaning “a used-book store, a second-hand bookshop, an antique bookshop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Commerce de livres anciens et d’occasion”.
What does bouquinerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea used-book store, a second-hand bookshop, an antique bookshop
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Commerce de livres anciens et d’occasion. 2. Lieu où se fait ce commerce.
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 bouquinerie
- bouquineries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouquinerie?
- /bu.kin.ʁi/
- \bu.kin.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bouquinerie in French?
bouquinerie appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).