quenouille
French, noun/kə.nuj/
quenouille is spelled Q-U-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quenouille is a French feminine noun meaning “distaff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâton à l’extrémité supérieure duquel on attache des fibres à filer en le dévidant au moyen du fuseau ou du…”.
What does quenouille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedistaff
- 2
femininecattail
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâton à l’extrémité supérieure duquel on attache des fibres à filer en le dévidant au moyen du fuseau ou du rouet. 2. Quantité de lin ou de chanvre dont une quenouille est chargée. 3. Chose en forme de fuseau, dont la forme évoque celle d’une quenouille. 4. Membre viril, pénis, bite ^([2]).
adjective: 1. Entouré d'un fil comme l'est une quenouille.
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 quenouille
- quenouilles plural
- quenouillés plural masculine
- quenouillée singular feminine
- quenouillées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quenouille?
- /kə.nuj/
- \kə.nuj\
- [kə.nuj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quenouille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quenouille in French?
quenouille appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).