crinoline
\kʁi.nɔ.lin\
The verdict
“crinoline” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoffe de crin dont on faisait des cols, des sacs, des jupons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crinoline · crinoline · French
crinoline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crinoline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁi.nɔ.lin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crinoline » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crinoline is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁi.nɔ.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
crinoline doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is crinoline, spelled C-R-I-N-O-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Étoffe de crin dont on faisait des cols, des sacs, des jupons.
- 2Jupe de dessous garnie de baleines ou de lames d’acier flexibles.
- 3Arceau d’acier qui entoure une échelle verticale, pour éviter la chute de ses utilisateurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crinoline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une jupe de crinoline.
Cinq ou six femmes, vêtues de robes de soie, très coquettes avec leurs chignons frisés et leurs crinolines rejetées en arrière, s’y agitaient en causant.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.