singerie
French, noun/sɛ̃ʒ.ʁi/
singerie is spelled S-I-N-G-E-R-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Singerie is a French feminine noun meaning “monkey house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cage où sont enfermés les singes”.
What does singerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemonkey house
- 2
feminineantics, clowning (around), monkey business
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cage où sont enfermés les singes. 2. Décoration murale, peinture, tapisserie dont les animaux singeant les activités humaines sont les principales figures, typique du style rococo du XVIIIᵉ siècle. 3. Grimace, un geste malicieux. 4. Démonstration hypocrite, de la simulation d’un sentiment.
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 singerie
- singeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce singerie?
- /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁi/
- \sɛ̃ʒ.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is singerie in French?
singerie appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).