pinacothèque
French, noun/pi.na.kɔ.tɛk/
pinacothèque is spelled P-I-N-A-C-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinacothèque is a French feminine noun meaning “art gallery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Musée de peinture”.
What does pinacothèque mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineart gallery
- 2
femininepinacotheca
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musée de peinture. 2. Cabinet de peinture.
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 pinacothèque
- pinacothèques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pinacothèque?
- /pi.na.kɔ.tɛk/
- \pi.na.kɔ.tɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pinacothèque in French?
pinacothèque 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).