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robinet

robinet noun: a chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs).

Noun (1)

robinet (plural robinets)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs).
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) A European robin (Erithacus rubecula).

Noun (2)

robinet (plural robinets)

  1. (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.

Noun (3)

robinet (plural robinets)

  1. A tap; a faucet.

Proper noun capitalized: Robinet

Robinet (plural Robinets)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of robinet

Noun
pluralrobinets
Proper noun
pluralRobinets

Origin of robinet

From robin.

Borrowed from French robinet.

Borrowed from French Robinet.

Questions about robinet

What does robinet mean?
Robinet means a chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs).
What part of speech is robinet?
Robinet can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of robinet?
The plural of robinet is robinets.

Words near robinet in the dictionary

  1. robin-run-in-the-grass
  2. robin-run-in-the-hedge
  3. robin-run-the-hedge
  4. Robina
  5. robinesque
  6. robinet
  7. robinetin
  8. robinets
  9. Robinett
  10. Robinette
  11. Robinettes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: robinet (page history and authors); Robinet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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