croquemitaine
French, noun\kʁɔk.mi.tɛn\
croquemitaine is spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-M-I-T-A-I-N-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croquemitaine is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of croque-mitaine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de croque-mitaine”.
What does croquemitaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of croque-mitaine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de croque-mitaine.
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de croque-mitaine.
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 croquemitaine
- croquemitaines plural
- croque mitaine
- croque-mitaine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croquemitaine?
- \kʁɔk.mi.tɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is croquemitaine in French?
croquemitaine appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).