taquiner
French, verb/ta.ki.ne/
taquiner is spelled T-A-Q-U-I-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taquiner is a French verb meaning “to tease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contrarier ou chicaner pour des vétilles, par malin plaisir de façon constante”.
What does taquiner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tease
Il n'a pas dit ça méchamment, c'était pour te taquiner.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Contrarier ou chicaner pour des vétilles, par malin plaisir de façon constante. 2. Agacer gentiment quelqu’un par jeu. 3. Caresser ou toucher pour exciter. 4. Irriter, gêner.
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 taquiner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- taquinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- taquiné participle past
- taquine first-person indicative present
- taquines indicative present second-person
- taquinons first-person indicative plural
- taquinez indicative plural present
- taquinent indicative plural present
- taquinais first-person imperfect indicative
- taquinait imperfect indicative singular
- taquinions first-person imperfect indicative
- taquiniez imperfect indicative plural
- taquinaient imperfect indicative plural
- taquinai first-person historic indicative
- taquinas historic indicative past
- taquina historic indicative past
- taquinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taquiner?
- /ta.ki.ne/
- \ta.ki.ne\
- [t̪a.ki.n̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taquiner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taquiner in French?
taquiner appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).