patinoire
French, noun/pa.ti.nwaʁ/
patinoire is spelled P-A-T-I-N-O-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patinoire is a French feminine noun meaning “ice rink, skating rink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Surface d'eau glacée sur laquelle on peut faire du patinage ou du hockey sur glace”.
What does patinoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineice rink, skating rink
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Surface d'eau glacée sur laquelle on peut faire du patinage ou du hockey sur glace. 2. Bâtiment abritant la surface d'eau glacée et doté de gradins. 3. Aire de jeu d’un théâtre ou d’un match d’improvisation.
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 patinoire
- patinoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patinoire?
- /pa.ti.nwaʁ/
- \pa.ti.nwaʁ\
- [pa.ti.nwaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patinoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patinoire in French?
patinoire appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).