rouquin
French, noun/ʁu.kɛ̃/
rouquin is spelled R-O-U-Q-U-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rouquin is a French masculine noun meaning “redhead, ginger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui a les cheveux roux”.
What does rouquin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ginger; red-headed
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineredhead, ginger
- 2
colloquialmasculinered wine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De la couleur roux. 2. Se dit d’une personne qui a les cheveux roux. #AD4F09
noun: 1. Personne qui a les cheveux roux. 2. Vin rouge.
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 rouquin
- rouquine feminine
- rouquins masculine plural
- rouquines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rouquin?
- /ʁu.kɛ̃/
- \ʁu.kɛ̃\
- [ʁukɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rouquin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rouquin in French?
rouquin appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).