quinquin

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.kɛ̃/

Noun

quinquin m (plural quinquins)

1. a small child

Further reading

• “quinquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.