knickerbocker
French, noun/(k)ni.kœʁ.bɔ.kœʁ/
knickerbocker is spelled K-N-I-C-K-E-R-B-O-C-K-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knickerbocker is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of knickerbockers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pantalon large et court serré au-dessous du genou, utilisé pour le golf, le ski, l’escalade”.
What does knickerbocker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of knickerbockers
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pantalon large et court serré au-dessous du genou, utilisé pour le golf, le ski, l’escalade.
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 knickerbocker
- knickerbockers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knickerbocker?
- /(k)ni.kœʁ.bɔ.kœʁ/
- \ni.kœʁ.bɔ.kœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is knickerbocker in French?
knickerbocker appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).