cornichon
French, noun/kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃/
cornichon is spelled C-O-R-N-I-C-H-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cornichon is a French masculine noun meaning “gherkin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit concombre que l’on consomme vert, confit dans le vinaigre”.
What does cornichon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegherkin
- 2
masculinepickle (“pickled cucumber”)
- 3
masculineslangnitwit, dummy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit concombre que l’on consomme vert, confit dans le vinaigre. 2. Concombre de taille normale que l'on mange tel quel, cru. ^([1]) 3. Gros cornichon macéré dans la saumure, malossol. 4. Personne peu intelligente.
noun: 1. Élève de classe préparatoire (appelée corniche) à l’École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr.
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 cornichon
- cornichons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cornichon?
- /kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃/
- \kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃\
- [kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cornichon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cornichon in French?
cornichon appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).