quétaine
French, noun/ke.tɛn/
quétaine is spelled Q-U-É-T-A-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quétaine is a French feminine noun meaning “someone unrefined or ignorant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui, sans être grossière, est considérée comme ridicule en raison de son manque de goût ou de…”.
What does quétaine mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Quebecunfashionable; outmoded; dated
noun
- 1
Quebecderogatoryfemininemasculinesomeone unrefined or ignorant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manque de raffinement, est de mauvais goût, démodé, ou qui relève du cliché.
noun: 1. Personne qui, sans être grossière, est considérée comme ridicule en raison de son manque de goût ou de raffinement.
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 quétaine
- quétaines plural
- kétaine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quétaine?
- /ke.tɛn/
- \ke.tɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quétaine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quétaine in French?
quétaine appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).