requin

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US/ˈɹi.kwɪn/

noun

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).

OriginFrench requin →
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Meanings

nounrequin (plural requins)

plural requins

  1. datedThe great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).

    The big gullet of the requin shark, for example, could do so. It has been killed with men inside whole.

    1893, Rev. H. J. Foster, “Jonah”, in The Thinker, volume 9, page 124

Origin

  1. Frenchrequin
  2. Frenchrequin
  3. Englishrequin

Borrowed from French requin (“shark”).

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APA

requin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requin

MLA

“requin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “requin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requin.

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