langoustine
French, noun/lɑ̃.ɡus.tin/
langoustine is spelled L-A-N-G-O-U-S-T-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Langoustine is a French feminine noun meaning “any of a number of crustaceans, especially the Norway lobster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arthropode marin ressemblant à une petite langouste, mais munie de longues pinces (Nephrops norvegicus)”.
What does langoustine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany of a number of crustaceans, especially the Norway lobster
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arthropode marin ressemblant à une petite langouste, mais munie de longues pinces (Nephrops norvegicus).
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 langoustine
- langoustines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce langoustine?
- /lɑ̃.ɡus.tin/
- \lɑ̃.ɡus.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is langoustine in French?
langoustine appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).