coussinet
French, noun/ku.si.nɛ/
coussinet is spelled C-O-U-S-S-I-N-E-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coussinet is a French masculine noun meaning “cushion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit coussin”.
What does coussinet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecushion
- 2
masculinedigital pad (of a cat or dog's paw), toe bean
- 3
masculinebearing
- 4
masculinecushion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit coussin. 2. Pièce mécanique molle (en étoffe rembourrée, en cuir, en bois, ou en métal tendre, etc.), destinée à éviter un frottement ou à favoriser un glissement. 3. Pièce de fonte sur laquelle reposent certains rails. 4. Partie renflée en forme de coussin formant le milieu de la bande qui, des deux côtés de la colonne, s’enroule en volutes, dans un chapiteau de l’ordre dorique.
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 coussinet
- coussinets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coussinet?
- /ku.si.nɛ/
- \ku.si.nɛ\
- [ku.ɬ͡si.nɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coussinet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coussinet in French?
coussinet 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).