quinquin
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Picard kinken "little child" (poplularized in a song by Alexandre Desrousseaux), from Middle Dutch kindeken (“little child”), diminutive of kind (“child”). Compare German Kindchen (“small child”). More at kind.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quinquin m (plural quinquins)
- a small child
Further reading[edit]
- “quinquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.