guenille
French, noun/ɡə.nij/
guenille is spelled G-U-E-N-I-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guenille is a French feminine noun meaning “rag(s)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Haillon, chose sans valeur, sans importance, méprisable”.
What does guenille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerag(s)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haillon, chose sans valeur, sans importance, méprisable. 2. Chose méprisable et sans valeur. 3. Individu méprisable, vaurien. 4. Appellation faussement insultante adressée à un enfant.
noun: 1. Variante de guenille.
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 guenille
- guenilles plural
- guénille
- guénilles plural
- guenille
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guenille?
- /ɡə.nij/
- \ɡə.nij\
- [gə.nij]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guenille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guenille in French?
guenille appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).