atout
French, noun/a.tu/
atout is spelled A-T-O-U-T (5 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atout is a French masculine noun meaning “trump” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carte de la même couleur que celle qui retourne, ou qui, suivant une convention, l’emporte sur les autres”.
What does atout mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrump
- 2
masculineadvantage, asset
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carte de la même couleur que celle qui retourne, ou qui, suivant une convention, l’emporte sur les autres. 2. Avantage de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose ; élément de succès. 3. Coup grave. 4. Courage.
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 atout
- atouts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atout?
- /a.tu/
- \a.tu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atout
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atout in French?
atout appears 7.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).