coloquinte
French, noun/kɔ.lɔ.kɛ̃t/
coloquinte is spelled C-O-L-O-Q-U-I-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coloquinte is a French feminine noun meaning “colocynth, bitter apple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de concombre dont la pulpe est extrêmement amère et très purgative”.
What does coloquinte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecolocynth, bitter apple
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de concombre dont la pulpe est extrêmement amère et très purgative. 2. Quelque chose rempli d’amertume.
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 coloquinte
- coloquintes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coloquinte?
- /kɔ.lɔ.kɛ̃t/
- \kɔ.lɔ.kɛ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coloquinte in French?
coloquinte appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).