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taïno

French, noun/ta.i.no/

taïno is spelled T-A-Ï-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taïno is a French masculine noun meaning “Taino (language and people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Indien de la famille arawak qui occupait l’Est de Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto-Rico et une partie de la Jamaïque…”.

What does taïno mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineTaino (language and people)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Graphie anglaise de taïno.

noun: 1. Indien de la famille arawak qui occupait l’Est de Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto-Rico et une partie de la Jamaïque du XIIᵉ au XVIᵉ siècle.

noun: 1. Langue de ces populations.

noun: 1. Peuple de la famille arawak qui occupait l’Est de Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto-Rico et une partie de la Jamaïque du XIIᵉ au XVIᵉ siècle.

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 taïno

  • tainos plural
  • taïnos plural
  • taino
  • Taino
  • Taïno
  • Taïnos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce taïno?

  • /ta.i.no/
  • \ta.i.no\
  • [ta.i.no]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is taïno in French?

taïno appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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