rancunière
French, adjective\ʁɑ̃.ky.njɛʁ\
rancunière is spelled R-A-N-C-U-N-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rancunière is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of rancunier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rancunière mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of rancunier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui garde rancune.
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 rancunière
- rancunières plural
- rancunier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rancunière?
- \ʁɑ̃.ky.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rancunière in French?
rancunière appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).