saynète
French, noun/sɛ.nɛt/
saynète is spelled S-A-Y-N-È-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saynète is a French feminine noun meaning “sketch, playlet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite pièce bouffonne du théâtre espagnol”.
What does saynète mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesketch, playlet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite pièce bouffonne du théâtre espagnol. 2. Dans le théâtre français, désigne une pièce légère en un acte, à peu de personnages.
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 saynète
- saynètes plural
- saïnète
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saynète?
- /sɛ.nɛt/
- /se.nɛt/
- \sɛ.nɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saynète
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saynète in French?
saynète appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).