garçonnière
French, noun/ɡaʁ.sɔ.njɛʁ/
garçonnière is spelled G-A-R-Ç-O-N-N-I-È-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garçonnière is a French feminine noun meaning “bachelor pad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of garçonnier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit appartement pour célibataire masculin”.
What does garçonnière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebachelor pad
- 2
femininean attic, usually accessed from the front porch, where the male children of a household traditionally slept
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of garçonnier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit appartement pour célibataire masculin. 2. Un tel logement pour une jeune fille. 3. Baisodrome, petit logement où mener une vie de célibataire, qu'on le soit ou non. 4. Jeune fille débauchée, qui aime fréquenter les garçons.
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 garçonnière
- garçonnières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garçonnière?
- /ɡaʁ.sɔ.njɛʁ/
- \ɡaʁ.sɔ.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garçonnière in French?
garçonnière 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).