auvent
French, noun/o.vɑ̃/
auvent is spelled A-U-V-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auvent is a French masculine noun meaning “awning, canopy (over entrance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit toit en saillie, aménagé ordinairement au-dessus des entrées de bâtiments, pour protéger de la pluie”.
What does auvent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineawning, canopy (over entrance)
- 2
masculinecarport
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit toit en saillie, aménagé ordinairement au-dessus des entrées de bâtiments, pour protéger de la pluie.
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 auvent
- auvents plural
- arvan alternative dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auvent?
- /o.vɑ̃/
- \o.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to auvent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auvent in French?
auvent 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).