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/
Further reading
- “quinquin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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