chiquet
French, noun/ʃi.kɛ/
chiquet is spelled C-H-I-Q-U-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiquet is a French masculine noun meaning “small portion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite parcelle de quelque chose”.
What does chiquet mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinesmall portion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite parcelle de quelque chose. 2. Morceau de cuir fort au talon. 3. Soie de qualité inférieure issue des cocons appelés chiques. 4. Touffe de poil à la surface du feutre, défaut du feutre.
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 chiquet
- chiquets plural
- chiquette alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiquet?
- /ʃi.kɛ/
- \ʃi.kɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chiquet in French?
chiquet appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).