taquinerie
French, noun/ta.kin.ʁi/
taquinerie is spelled T-A-Q-U-I-N-E-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taquinerie is a French feminine noun meaning “teasing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de celui qui est taquin”.
What does taquinerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineteasing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de celui qui est taquin. 2. Action de celui qui taquine.
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 taquinerie
- taquineries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taquinerie?
- /ta.kin.ʁi/
- \ta.kin.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is taquinerie in French?
taquinerie appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).