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cancanier

French, adjective/kɑ̃.ka.nje/

cancanier is spelled C-A-N-C-A-N-I-E-R (9 letters). Cancanier is a French adjective meaning “gossiping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui aime à faire des cancans”.

What does cancanier mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    gossiping

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui aime à faire des cancans.

noun: 1. Celui qui aime à faire des cancans.

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 cancanier

  • cancanière feminine
  • cancaniers masculine plural
  • cancanières feminine plural
  • quanquanier

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

How do you pronounce cancanier?

  • /kɑ̃.ka.nje/
  • \kɑ̃.ka.nje\

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

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