brinquebalant
French, adjective/bʁɛ̃k.ba.lɑ̃/
brinquebalant is spelled B-R-I-N-Q-U-E-B-A-L-A-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brinquebalant is a French adjective meaning “rattling; rickety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of brinquebaler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui brinquebale”.
What does brinquebalant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rattling; rickety
verb
- 1
present participle of brinquebaler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui brinquebale. 2. Se dit de quelque chose qui est de construction légère, instable, branlante, brimbalante. 3. Déséquilibré, inégal.
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 brinquebalant
- brinquebalante feminine
- brinquebalants masculine plural
- brinquebalantes feminine plural
- branlant
- brimbalant
- bringuebalant
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brinquebalant?
- /bʁɛ̃k.ba.lɑ̃/
- \bʁɛ̃k.ba.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brinquebalant in French?
brinquebalant appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).