oing
French, noun/wɛ̃/
oing is spelled O-I-N-G (4 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oing is a French masculine noun meaning “unction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Graisse de porc qui était utilisée pour graisser les essieux”.
What does oing mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineunction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Graisse de porc qui était utilisée pour graisser les essieux.
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 oing
- oings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oing?
- /wɛ̃/
- \wɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oing in French?
oing appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).