quinquin

== French == === Etymology === From Picard kinken (“little child”), popularized in a song by Alexandre Desrousseaux, from Middle Dutch kindeken (“little child”), diminutive of kind (“child”), from Old Dutch *kint, from Frankish *kind (“child”). Compare Dutch kindeken (“small child”), German Low German Kindken, Kindeken (“small child”), German Kindchen (“small child”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɛ̃.kɛ̃/ === Noun === quinquin m (plural quinquins) a small child === Further reading === “quinquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012