avaloir
French, noun/a.va.lwaʁ/
avaloir is spelled A-V-A-L-O-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avaloir is a French masculine noun meaning “drain, sewer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce du harnais, sangle passant derrière les cuisses, un peu au-dessous de la queue, et qui permet à un…”.
What does avaloir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrain, sewer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce du harnais, sangle passant derrière les cuisses, un peu au-dessous de la queue, et qui permet à un cheval de retenir une voiture dans les descentes ou de lui faire faire marche arrière.
noun: 1. Grille au sol fermant un orifice permettant aux eaux de pluie de d’évacuer. 2. Bouche d’égout. 3. Égouts. 4. Partie intérieure de la hotte qui surplombe l'âtre d'un foyer et guide les fumées vers la conduit de cheminée.
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 avaloir
- avaloirs plural
- avaloire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avaloir?
- /a.va.lwaʁ/
- \a.va.lwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is avaloir in French?
avaloir appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).