ballotte
French, noun
ballotte is spelled B-A-L-L-O-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballotte is a French feminine noun meaning “grape harvesting basket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ballotter. With an accent, ballotté is a different word: “past participle of ballotter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite balle dont on se servait dans certains scrutins ou pour tirer au sort”.
What does ballotte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoleteballot (ball used for voting)
- 2
datedfemininegrape harvesting basket
- 3
femininealternative spelling of ballote (“black horehound”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of ballotter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite balle dont on se servait dans certains scrutins ou pour tirer au sort. 2. Récipient pour faire les vendanges. 3. Variante de ballote.
adjective: 1. Qui est secoué dans tous les sens.
noun: 1. Pas de danse composé de sauts sur place d'un pied sur l'autre et d'avant en arrière, composé de battements alternativement développés.
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 ballotte
- ballottes plural
- ballottée feminine
- ballottés masculine plural
- ballottées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ballotte in French?
ballotte appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).