choin
French, noun/ʃwɛ̃/
choin is spelled C-H-O-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Choin is a French masculine noun meaning “bogrush, particularly the black bogrush (Schoenus nigricans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre calcaire de dureté élevée”.
What does choin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebogrush, particularly the black bogrush (Schoenus nigricans)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pierre calcaire de dureté élevée.
noun: 1. Plante botaniquement voisine des laîches et des souchets, à tige jonciforme, et qui végète dans les marais.
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 choin
- choins plural
- chouin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce choin?
- /ʃwɛ̃/
- \ʃwɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is choin in French?
choin appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).