poignet
French, noun/pwa.ɲɛ/
poignet is spelled P-O-I-G-N-E-T (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poignet is a French masculine noun meaning “wrist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Articulation par laquelle l’avant-bras se joint à la main”.
What does poignet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewrist
- 2
masculinecarpus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Articulation par laquelle l’avant-bras se joint à la main. 2. Petite pièce d’étoffe taillée transversalement et qui termine la manche d’une chemise, d’un corsage, d’une robe.
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 poignet
- poignets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poignet?
- /pwa.ɲɛ/
- \pwa.ɲɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poignet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poignet in French?
poignet appears 6.2 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).