roncin
French, noun\ʁɔ̃.sɛ̃\
roncin is a French masculine noun meaning “workhorse (horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cheval de peu de valeur plutôt utilisé comme bête de somme ou de trait”.
What does roncin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineworkhorse (horse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cheval de peu de valeur plutôt utilisé comme bête de somme ou de trait.
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 roncin
- roncins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roncin?
- \ʁɔ̃.sɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is roncin in French?
roncin appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).