maquignon
French, noun/ma.ki.ɲɔ̃/
maquignon is spelled M-A-Q-U-I-G-N-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maquignon is a French masculine noun meaning “horsetrader, horse dealer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui, sans faire par état le commerce des chevaux, se mêle d’en revendre, d’en troquer, en corrigeant ou…”.
What does maquignon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorsetrader, horse dealer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marchand de chevaux, et par extension, de bovins. 2. Homme qui, sans faire par état le commerce des chevaux, se mêle d’en revendre, d’en troquer, en corrigeant ou en dissimulant leurs défauts. 3. Celui qui s’entremet dans des affaires de tout genre pour en tirer un profit plus ou moins licite.
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 maquignon
- maquignons plural
- maquignonne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maquignon?
- /ma.ki.ɲɔ̃/
- \ma.ki.ɲɔ̃\
- [ma.ki.ɲɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maquignon in French?
maquignon appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).