coincoin
French, noun/kwɛ̃.kwɛ̃/
coincoin is spelled C-O-I-N-C-O-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coincoin is a French masculine noun meaning “cootie catcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeu fait de papier plié de manière à former quatre pointes vides dans lesquelles on place les doigts et qui…”.
What does coincoin mean in English?
interjection
- 1
quack quack (cry of a duck)
noun
- 1
masculinecootie catcher
- 2
masculinecharlatan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Onomatopée imitant le cri du canard.
noun: 1. Jeu fait de papier plié de manière à former quatre pointes vides dans lesquelles on place les doigts et qui, par les mouvements qu’on lui fait faire, amène la personne qui le manipule à poser des questions, afin de dévoiler un message caché sous les plis.
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 coincoin
- coincoins plural
- coin-coin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coincoin?
- /kwɛ̃.kwɛ̃/
- \kwɛ̃.kwɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coincoin in French?
coincoin appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).