pinceau
French, noun/pɛ̃.so/
pinceau is spelled P-I-N-C-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinceau is a French masculine noun meaning “paintbrush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument pour peindre, appliquer et étendre des couleurs, du vernis, etc., et qui consiste en un assemblage…”.
What does pinceau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaintbrush
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument pour peindre, appliquer et étendre des couleurs, du vernis, etc., et qui consiste en un assemblage de poils attaché à l’extrémité d’une hampe, ou retenu au bout d’un tuyau de plume. 2. Caractère de ce qui ressemble à un pinceau. 3. Art de peindre. 4. Manière de peindre.
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 pinceau
- pinceaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pinceau?
- /pɛ̃.so/
- \pɛ̃.so\
- [ɛ̃ pɛ̃.so]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pinceau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pinceau in French?
pinceau appears 3.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).