couenne
French, noun/kwan/
couenne is spelled C-O-U-E-N-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 60,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couenne is a French feminine noun meaning “bacon rind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peau du cochon, surtout lorsqu’elle a été raclée”.
What does couenne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebacon rind
- 2
colloquialfeminineskin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Peau du cochon, surtout lorsqu’elle a été raclée. 2. Peau des marsouins. 3. Peau d’une personne. 4. Peau épaisse et grisâtre qui se forme sur le sang tiré des veines ; de certaines altérations locales de la peau, de la fausse membrane qui se forme à la gorge dans certaines angines.
adjective: 1. Stupide.
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 couenne
- couennes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couenne?
- /kwan/
- /kwɛn/
- \kwan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to couenne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is couenne in French?
couenne appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).