couffin
French, noun/ku.fɛ̃/
couffin is spelled C-O-U-F-F-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 72,190th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couffin is a French masculine noun meaning “Moses basket (UK), bassinet (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Berceau de petite dimension facilement transportable”.
What does couffin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMoses basket (UK), bassinet (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Berceau de petite dimension facilement transportable. 2. Cabas.
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 couffin
- couffins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couffin?
- /ku.fɛ̃/
- \ku.fɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is couffin in French?
couffin appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).