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pingrerie

French, noun\pɛ̃.ɡʁə.ʁi\

pingrerie is spelled P-I-N-G-R-E-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pingrerie is a French feminine noun meaning “stinginess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avarice sordide ou traits par lesquels se manifeste l’avarice”.

What does pingrerie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestinginess

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Avarice sordide ou traits par lesquels se manifeste l’avarice.

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 pingrerie

  • pingreries plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pingrerie?

  • \pɛ̃.ɡʁə.ʁi\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pingrerie

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pingrerie in French?

pingrerie appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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