qilin
French, noun/ki.lin/
qilin is spelled Q-I-L-I-N (5 letters). Qilin is a French masculine noun meaning “qilin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal fabuleux de la mythologie chinoise, ayant une tête de dragon, un corps de cerf, des sabots de cheval…”.
What does qilin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineqilin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal fabuleux de la mythologie chinoise, ayant une tête de dragon, un corps de cerf, des sabots de cheval et une queue de bœuf.
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 qilin
- qilins plural
- kilin
- kirin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce qilin?
- /ki.lin/
- /tʃi.lin/
- \ki.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to qilin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.