gaminerie
French, noun\ɡa.min.ʁi\
gaminerie is spelled G-A-M-I-N-E-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaminerie is a French feminine noun meaning “prank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou parole de gamin, d’enfant espiègle ou mal élevé”.
What does gaminerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprank
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou parole de gamin, d’enfant espiègle ou mal élevé. 2. Comportement de gamin chez un adulte.
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 gaminerie
- gamineries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaminerie?
- \ɡa.min.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gaminerie in French?
gaminerie appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).