quinquet
French, noun/kɛ̃.kɛ/
quinquet is a French masculine noun meaning “oil lamp, Argand lamp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de lampe à huile à double courant d’air et à réservoir supérieur. → voir fumignon, godet, lumignon et…”.
What does quinquet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoil lamp, Argand lamp
- 2
colloquialmasculinepeeper, eye
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de lampe à huile à double courant d’air et à réservoir supérieur. → voir fumignon, godet, lumignon et veilleuse. 2. Yeux.
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 quinquet
- quinquets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinquet?
- /kɛ̃.kɛ/
- \kɛ̃.kɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quinquet in French?
quinquet appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).