arcature
French, noun/aʁ.ka.tyʁ/
arcature is spelled A-R-C-A-T-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arcature is a French feminine noun meaning “blind arcade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suite de petites arcades en saillie ou simulées sur un mur, portées par des colonnettes ou des corbeaux”.
What does arcature mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblind arcade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suite de petites arcades en saillie ou simulées sur un mur, portées par des colonnettes ou des corbeaux.
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 arcature
- arcatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arcature?
- /aʁ.ka.tyʁ/
- \aʁ.ka.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arcature in French?
arcature appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).