cadratin
French, noun/ka.dʁa.tɛ̃/
cadratin is spelled C-A-D-R-A-T-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadratin is a French masculine noun meaning “em” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit cadrat de la largeur de deux chiffres”.
What does cadratin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineem
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit cadrat de la largeur de deux chiffres. 2. Espace de la largeur de la lettre M dans la police courante.
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 cadratin
- cadratins plural
- quadratin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadratin?
- /ka.dʁa.tɛ̃/
- \ka.dʁa.tɛ̃\
- [ka.dʁa.tɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cadratin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cadratin in French?
cadratin appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).