pin-up
\pi.nœp\
The verdict
“pin-up” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Photographie ou dessin d’une femme sexuellement attirante dans un magazine, sur une affiche ou tout autre support.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pin-up · pin-up · French
pin-up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | pin-up |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.nœp\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pin-up is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.nœp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pin-up in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pin-up, spelled P-I-N---U-P.
Definition
- 1Photographie ou dessin d’une femme sexuellement attirante dans un magazine, sur une affiche ou tout autre support.
- 2Femme sexuellement attirante (en général).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pin-up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les pin-ups prometteuses se désaltéraient au goulot dans des affiches lumineuses.
Le terme pin-ups est largement associé aux femmes voluptueuses des années 50 ou 60, les pages détachables de Playboy et Bettie Page. … Les dessins de pin-ups, qui remontent aux années 1890, reviennent aussi au goût du jour, certains artistes modernisant les images vintage.
This word in other languages
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.