trinquet
French, noun/tʁɛ̃.kɛ/
trinquet is spelled T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trinquet is a French masculine noun meaning “mizzen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Employé surtout sur la Méditerranée. Mât de misaine des bâtiments gréés en voiles triangulaires ou latines”.
What does trinquet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemizzen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Employé surtout sur la Méditerranée. Mât de misaine des bâtiments gréés en voiles triangulaires ou latines.
noun: 1. Salle quadrangulaire, au sol cimenté ou dallé, aménagée pour des parties de pelote basque. 2. (Pelote valencienne) Salle quadrangulaire, au sol cimenté ou dallé, aménagée pour des parties de pelote valencienne.
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 trinquet
- trinquets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trinquet?
- /tʁɛ̃.kɛ/
- \tʁɛ̃.kɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trinquet in French?
trinquet appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).