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Frère Jacques

French nursery rhyme
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Summary

Frère Jacques is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,156 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commons category: Frère Jacques[3]
  • Language of work or name: French[4]
  • Country of origin: France[5]
  • Publication date: 1800[6]
  • Copyright status: public domain[7]
  • Form of creative work: song[8], round[9]

Why It Matters

Frère Jacques has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

France public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . la-croix.com. la-croix.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'f
    Bookbrainz work id → 91cb313e-1412-42d5-a1e0-731c41db8fd5
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: 91cb313e-1412-42d5-a1e0-731c41db8fd5, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
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