pigne
\piɲ\
The verdict
“pigne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masse d’or ou d’argent qui reste après l’évaporation du mercure qu’on avait amalgamé avec le minerai, pour en dégager le métal qu’il contenait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pigne · pigne · French
pigne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pigne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \piɲ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pigne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pigne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \piɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pigne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pigne, spelled P-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Masse d’or ou d’argent qui reste après l’évaporation du mercure qu’on avait amalgamé avec le minerai, pour en dégager le métal qu’il contenait.
- 2Nom usuel des cônes de pin, aussi appelés pommes de pin.
- 3Graine contenue dans les cônes de pin, le pignon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la cuisine, un grand feu de pignes brûlait, qui réconforta un peu ces pauvres cœurs glacés par la nuit.
Il évitait les souches blessantes, parfois heurtait du pied une pigne sèche qui roulait en grelottant (...)
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.