quatorzaine
French, noun\ka.tɔʁ.zɛn\
quatorzaine is spelled Q-U-A-T-O-R-Z-A-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quatorzaine is a French feminine noun meaning “a quarantine lasting 14 days” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espace de quatorze jours, qui s’observait de l’une à l’autre des quatre criées des biens saisis réellement”.
What does quatorzaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea quarantine lasting 14 days
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espace de quatorze jours, qui s’observait de l’une à l’autre des quatre criées des biens saisis réellement. 2. Réunion de choses de même nature, au nombre de quatorze ou à peu près. 3. Isolement sanitaire de quatorze jours.
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 quatorzaine
- quatorzaines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quatorzaine?
- \ka.tɔʁ.zɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quatorzaine in French?
quatorzaine appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).