caponnière
French, noun/ka.pɔ.njɛʁ/
caponnière is spelled C-A-P-O-N-N-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caponnière is a French feminine noun meaning “caponier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parapet muni de banquettes établies ordinairement dans des fossés pour couvrir le passage d’un ouvrage à un…”.
What does caponnière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaponier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parapet muni de banquettes établies ordinairement dans des fossés pour couvrir le passage d’un ouvrage à un autre.
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 caponnière
- caponnières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caponnière?
- /ka.pɔ.njɛʁ/
- \ka.pɔ.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caponnière in French?
caponnière appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).