catherinette
French, noun/ka.tʁi.nɛt/
catherinette is spelled C-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E-T-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catherinette is a French feminine noun meaning “a girl of 25 years old who is unmarried by St Catherine's Day (25th November)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des noms vulgaires de la coccinelle”.
What does catherinette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea girl of 25 years old who is unmarried by St Catherine's Day (25th November)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des noms vulgaires de la coccinelle. 2. Un des noms vulgaires de l’épurge. 3. Un des noms vulgaires de la ronce. 4. Mûre d'une ronce.
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 catherinette
- catherinettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catherinette?
- /ka.tʁi.nɛt/
- \ka.tʁi.nɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is catherinette in French?
catherinette appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).