maringouin
French, noun/ma.ʁɛ̃.ɡwɛ̃/
maringouin is spelled M-A-R-I-N-G-O-U-I-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maringouin is a French masculine noun meaning “gallinipper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vulgaire de diverses espèces de tipules (cousins) des Antilles et d’autres pays”.
What does maringouin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegallinipper
- 2
masculinemosquito
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vulgaire de diverses espèces de tipules (cousins) des Antilles et d’autres pays. 2. , Moustique.
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 maringouin
- maringouins plural
- maringoin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maringouin?
- /ma.ʁɛ̃.ɡwɛ̃/
- \ma.ʁɛ̃.ɡwɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maringouin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maringouin in French?
maringouin appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).