quinquin
French, noun/kɛ̃.kɛ̃/
quinquin is a French masculine noun meaning “a small child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit enfant”.
What does quinquin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea small child
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit enfant.
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 quinquin
- quinquins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinquin?
- /kɛ̃.kɛ̃/
- \kɛ̃.kɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quinquin in French?
quinquin appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).