tapinois
French, adjective\ta.pi.nwa\
tapinois is spelled T-A-P-I-N-O-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapinois is a French masculine adjective meaning “only used in en tapinois” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Utilisé uniquement dans en tapinois”.
What does tapinois mean in English?
adjective
- 1
masculineonly used in en tapinois
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Utilisé uniquement dans en tapinois.
noun: 1. Personne qui se cache pour faire quelque chose.
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 tapinois
- tapinoise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tapinois?
- \ta.pi.nwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tapinois in French?
tapinois appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).