caprin
French, noun/ka.pʁɛ̃/
caprin is spelled C-A-P-R-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caprin is a French masculine noun meaning “caprid, goat antelope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal de la sous-espèce de mammifère de l’ordre des ruminants, à cornes creuses et persistantes et à menton…”.
What does caprin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
caprine
noun
- 1
masculinecaprid, goat antelope
- 2
masculinegoat, domestic goat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la chèvre. 2. Qui rappelle la chèvre.
noun: 1. Animal de la sous-espèce de mammifère de l’ordre des ruminants, à cornes creuses et persistantes et à menton garni d’une barbe (Capra aegagrus hircus). 2. Sous-famille de la famille des bovidés : les caprinés. Les chèvres domestiques ou les caprinés du genre Capra.
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 caprin
- caprine feminine
- caprins masculine plural
- caprines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caprin?
- /ka.pʁɛ̃/
- \ka.pʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caprin in French?
caprin appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).