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alcôve

French, noun/al.kov/

alcôve is spelled A-L-C-Ô-V-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcôve is a French feminine noun meaning “alcove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfoncement pratiqué dans une chambre, initialement pour y placer un lit”.

What does alcôve mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininealcove

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Enfoncement pratiqué dans une chambre, initialement pour y placer un lit. 2. Pièce de petites dimensions située dans le prolongement d'une autre, dans l'habitat traditionnel, qui ne reçoit d'éclairage que par cette dernière et sert habituellement de chambre à coucher. 3. Partie de la chambre où certaines femmes tenaient salon. 4. Lieu des rapports amoureux.

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 alcôve

  • alcôves plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alcôve?

  • /al.kov/
  • \al.kov\
  • [al.kov]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to alcôve

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is alcôve in French?

alcôve appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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