pinçon
French, noun/pɛ̃.sɔ̃/
pinçon is spelled P-I-N-Ç-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinçon is a French masculine noun meaning “pinch, nip (mark on the skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marque qui reste sur la peau lorsqu’on a été pincé”.
What does pinçon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepinch, nip (mark on the skin)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marque qui reste sur la peau lorsqu’on a été pincé. 2. Rebord mince, élevé à la pince, d’un fer à cheval, nécessaire surtout pour les fers de derrière, pour mieux les assurer, ou pour garantir la corne.
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 pinçon
- pinçons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pinçon?
- /pɛ̃.sɔ̃/
- \pɛ̃.sɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pinçon in French?
pinçon appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).