radin
French, noun/ʁa.dɛ̃/
radin is spelled R-A-D-I-N (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radin is a French masculine noun meaning “cheapskate, miser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne radine”.
What does radin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialstingy
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinecheapskate, miser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est avare, pingre.
noun: 1. Personne radine. 2. Argent monnayé, et par extension, argent du comptoir. 3. Gousset de montre ou de gilet. 4. Tiroir-caisse.
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 radin
- radine feminine
- radins masculine plural
- radines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce radin?
- /ʁa.dɛ̃/
- \ʁa.dɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to radin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is radin in French?
radin appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).