tonkinois
French, adjective/tɔ̃.ki.nwa/
tonkinois is spelled T-O-N-K-I-N-O-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonkinois is a French adjective meaning “Tonkinese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est relatif au Tonkin ou à ses habitants”.
What does tonkinois mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Tonkinese
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est relatif au Tonkin ou à ses habitants.
noun: 1. Vietnamien du Nord, dialecte vietnamien de Hanoï.
noun: 1. Race de chat issue initialement du croisement d’un siamois et d’un burmese, à tête en triangle adouci, à queue moyenne, à poil court.
noun: 1. Personne habitant au Tonkin (ou qui en est originaire).
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 tonkinois
- tonkinoise feminine
- tonkinoises feminine plural
- tong-kinois
- tonquinois
- Tonkinoise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonkinois?
- /tɔ̃.ki.nwa/
- \tɔ̃.ki.nwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonkinois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonkinois in French?
tonkinois appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).