chiquenaude
French, noun/ʃik.nod/
chiquenaude is spelled C-H-I-Q-U-E-N-A-U-D-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiquenaude is a French feminine noun meaning “flick, flip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coup de doigt que l’on donne du majeur ou de l'auriculaire, lorsque, après l’avoir plié et raidi contre le…”.
What does chiquenaude mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflick, flip
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coup de doigt que l’on donne du majeur ou de l'auriculaire, lorsque, après l’avoir plié et raidi contre le pouce, on le lâche sur le visage, le nez, les oreilles, etc. 2. Faible coup donné à quelqu'un, à quelque chose, pour l'atteindre.
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 chiquenaude
- chiquenaudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiquenaude?
- /ʃik.nod/
- \ʃik.nod\
- [ʃik.nod]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chiquenaude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiquenaude in French?
chiquenaude appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).