picotin
French, noun\pi.kɔ.tɛ̃\
picotin is spelled P-I-C-O-T-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picotin is a French masculine noun meaning “peck (dry measure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avoine que l’on donne aux chevaux”.
What does picotin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepeck (dry measure)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Avoine que l’on donne aux chevaux. 2. Ration, part de quelque chose. 3. Mesure dont on se servait pour l’avoine que l’on donne aux chevaux et qui valait environ deux litres et demi. 4. Ancienne mesure d’arpentage.
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 picotin
- picotins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picotin?
- \pi.kɔ.tɛ̃\
- [pikɔtɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picotin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picotin in French?
picotin appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).