abée
French, noun/a.be/
abée is spelled A-B-É-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abée is a French feminine noun meaning “the sluice gate, sluice or flume to a water wheel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouverture par laquelle l’eau d’un bief tombe sur la roue d’un moulin et qu’on ferme avec des pales quand le…”.
What does abée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe sluice gate, sluice or flume to a water wheel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouverture par laquelle l’eau d’un bief tombe sur la roue d’un moulin et qu’on ferme avec des pales quand le moulin n’est pas en mouvement. 2. Canal de décharge utilisé pour évacuer l’eau lorsque la pale est fermée et que le moulin ne tourne pas.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abée
- abées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abée?
- /a.be/
- \a.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abée in French?
abée appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).