pékinois
French, noun
pékinois is spelled P-É-K-I-N-O-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,980th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pékinois is a French masculine noun meaning “Pekingese (dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Pékinois is a different word: “Beijinger (resident or native of Beijing)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme d’épagneul pékinois (race de chien)”.
What does pékinois mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Pekingese (of or from Peking (Beijing))
noun
- 1
masculinePekingese (dog)
noun
- 1
masculineBeijinger (resident or native of Beijing)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. En rapport avec Pékin, ou qui appartient à Pékin.
noun: 1. Synonyme d’épagneul pékinois (race de chien).
noun: 1. Habitant de Pékin, ville de Chine, ou personne originaire de cette ville.
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 pékinois
- pékinoise feminine
- pékinoises feminine plural
- Pékinoise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pékinois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pékinois in French?
pékinois appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).