groin
French, noun/ɡʁwɛ̃/
groin is spelled G-R-O-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Groin is a French masculine noun meaning “the snout of the pig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Museau du cochon, du sanglier”.
What does groin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe snout of the pig
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Museau du cochon, du sanglier. 2. Museau d’autre animal, qui rappelle par sa forme celui des suidés. 3. Appendice, masque qui, sur un visage, rappelle le groin d’un porc. 4. Trogne, visage laid, bestial.
interjection: 1. Le son du porc en grognant.
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 groin
- groins plural
- grouin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce groin?
- /ɡʁwɛ̃/
- \ɡʁwɛ̃\
- [ɡʁwɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to groin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is groin in French?
groin 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).