pincée
French, noun\pɛ̃.se\
pincée is spelled P-I-N-C-É-E (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pincée is a French feminine noun meaning “a pinch, a tiny amount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pincé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qu’on peut prendre de certaines choses, en les pinçant entre deux ou trois doigts”.
What does pincée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea pinch, a tiny amount
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pincé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qu’on peut prendre de certaines choses, en les pinçant entre deux ou trois doigts. 2. Une petite quantité de quelque chose.
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 pincée
- pincées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pincée?
- \pɛ̃.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pincée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pincée in French?
pincée appears 1.1 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).