négrillon
French, noun/ne.ɡʁi.jɔ̃/
négrillon is spelled N-É-G-R-I-L-L-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Négrillon is a French masculine noun meaning “pickaninny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfant noir”.
What does négrillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinepickaninny
- 2
Quebecinformalmasculinebrownie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfant noir. 2. Enfant blanc dont le teint est très brun, très foncé. 3. Brownie (sorte de pâtisserie).
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 négrillon
- négrillons plural
- négrillonne feminine
- noirillon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce négrillon?
- /ne.ɡʁi.jɔ̃/
- \ne.ɡʁi.jɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is négrillon in French?
négrillon appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).