sequin
French, noun/sə.kɛ̃/
sequin is spelled S-E-Q-U-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sequin is a French masculine noun meaning “zecchin, sequin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne monnaie d’or de Venise qui avait cours surtout dans le Levant”.
What does sequin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezecchin, sequin
- 2
masculinesequin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne monnaie d’or de Venise qui avait cours surtout dans le Levant. 2. Petite paillette ronde brodée sur un tissu.
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 sequin
- sequins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sequin?
- /sə.kɛ̃/
- \sə.kɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sequin in French?
sequin appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).