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guignolet

French, noun/ɡi.ɲɔ.lɛ/

guignolet is spelled G-U-I-G-N-O-L-E-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guignolet is a French masculine noun meaning “a cherry liqueur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apéritif liquoreux fait avec des guignes (variété de cerises), du vin et du sucre”.

What does guignolet mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea cherry liqueur

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Apéritif liquoreux fait avec des guignes (variété de cerises), du vin et du sucre.

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 guignolet

  • guignolets plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce guignolet?

  • /ɡi.ɲɔ.lɛ/
  • \ɡi.ɲɔ.lɛ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is guignolet in French?

guignolet appears about once in every 72 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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