mainate

\mɛ.nat\

/\mɛ.nat\/ noun

The verdict

“mainate” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce d’oiseau passereau conirostre habitant la Malaisie, de la famille des sturnidés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mainate · mainate · French

mainate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for mainate
PropertyValue
Headwordmainate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛ.nat\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mainate » en français

mainatereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mainate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.nat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d’oiseau passereau conirostre habitant la Malaisie, de la famille des sturnidés.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mainate, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mainate, spelled M-A-I-N-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce d’oiseau passereau conirostre habitant la Malaisie, de la famille des sturnidés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mainate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avant d’entrer dans le détail de ces variétés, je dois ajouter que le mainate a beaucoup de talent pour siffler, pour chanter et pour parler, qu’il a même la prononciation plus franche que le perroquet, nommé l’oiseau parleur par excellence, et qu’il se plaît à exercer son talent jusqu'à l’importunité.

Synonyms

merle des Indes

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mainate"?
"mainate" is spelled M-A-I-N-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.nat\.
What does "mainate" mean?
As a noun, "mainate" means: Espèce d’oiseau passereau conirostre habitant la Malaisie, de la famille des sturnidés.
How do you pronounce "mainate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mainate" is \mɛ.nat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mainate" come from?
"mainate" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list