colin noir
\kɔ.lɛ̃ nwaʁ\
The verdict
“colin noir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu noir (poisson de nom scientifique Pollachius virens).
Corpus desk
Index FR-colin-noir · colin noir · French
colin noir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colin noir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.lɛ̃ nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « colin noir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
colin noir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.lɛ̃ nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for colin noir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is colin noir, spelled C-O-L-I-N- -N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Lieu noir (poisson de nom scientifique Pollachius virens).
- 2Nom vernaculaire donné jusqu'au XVIIIème siècle et dans certaines régions d'Europe à la gallinule poule d'eau (Gallinula chloropus).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how colin noir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le colin noir (7.604 tonnes en 1951, 17.563 tonnes en 1960) n’a cessé d’occuper une place de plus en plus importante dans la production boulonnaise.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.