dinghy
French, noun/din.ɡi/
dinghy is spelled D-I-N-G-H-Y (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dinghy is a French masculine noun meaning “dinghy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite embarcation ouverte (non pontée), à rames ou à voile”.
What does dinghy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedinghy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite embarcation ouverte (non pontée), à rames ou à voile. 2. Petit hors-bord dont le pontage avant ne sert qu’à la protection du cockpit. 3. Canot pneumatique de sauvetage.
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 dinghy
- dinghys plural
- dinghi
- dinghie
- dingy
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dinghy?
- /din.ɡi/
- \din.ɡi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dinghy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dinghy in French?
dinghy appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).