trinquent

\tʁɛ̃k\

/\tʁɛ̃k\/ verb

The verdict

“trinquent” is uncommon French (frequency #54,307 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,307
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de trinquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trinquent · trinquent · French

trinquent · rank #54,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,307
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tringle

Nearest frequency peer: tringle (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « trinquent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « trinquent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trinquent
PropertyValue
Headwordtrinquent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɛ̃k\
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,307
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trinquent » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).trinquenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « tringle » (#54,306), « triplex » (#54,308), « transbordement » (#54,305). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trinquent » est au #54,307. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trinquent is uncommon French at frequency #54,307 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁɛ̃k\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for trinquent in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is trinquent, spelled T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de trinquer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de trinquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how trinquent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Alors, que voulez-vous qu’ils fassent ? Qu’ils beuvaillent, fricotent, baffrent, fument la pipe, chantent, dansent, cavalcadent, boustifaillent, tortillent, goinfrent ou pignochent, boulottent, buvotent, lichent, picolent, chopinent, trinquent et qu’ils rotent et qu’ils cuvent ?

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trinquent"?
"trinquent" is spelled T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛ̃k\.
What does "trinquent" mean?
As a verb, "trinquent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de trinquer.
How do you pronounce "trinquent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trinquent" is \tʁɛ̃k\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trinquent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list