accoudoir
French, noun/a.ku.dwaʁ/
accoudoir is spelled A-C-C-O-U-D-O-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accoudoir is a French masculine noun meaning “armrest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui est fait pour qu’on s’y accoude ; partie horizontale sur le haut du dossier d’un siège où on s’accoude”.
What does accoudoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearmrest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui est fait pour qu’on s’y accoude ; partie horizontale sur le haut du dossier d’un siège où on s’accoude. 2. Accotoir, bras d'un siège, sur lequel on repose les bras. 3. Couronnement d’une balustrade ou de tout autre appui à la hauteur du coude.
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 accoudoir
- accoudoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accoudoir?
- /a.ku.dwaʁ/
- \a.ku.dwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accoudoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accoudoir in French?
accoudoir appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).