minot
French, noun/mi.no/
minot is spelled M-I-N-O-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minot is a French masculine noun meaning “kid, lad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arc-boutant faisant saillie à chaque épaule d’un navire sur lequel s’amure la voile de misaine”.
What does minot mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinekid, lad
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arc-boutant faisant saillie à chaque épaule d’un navire sur lequel s’amure la voile de misaine.
noun: 1. Ancienne mesure de grain de 18,5 litres qui correspondait à une demi mine.
noun: 1. Enfant, gamin.
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 minot
- minots plural
- minotte feminine
- minote feminine
- mino
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minot?
- /mi.no/
- \mi.no\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is minot in French?
minot appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).