barreau
French, noun/ba.ʁo/
barreau is spelled B-A-R-R-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barreau is a French masculine noun meaning “metal bar (of a jail cell, cage etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Barre de bois ou de fer qui sert de clôture”.
What does barreau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemetal bar (of a jail cell, cage etc.)
- 2
masculinerung (of ladder)
- 3
masculinespindle (of chair)
- 4
masculinebar (place where the participants in a trial stand)
- 5
masculinebar (profession of lawyers)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Barre de bois ou de fer qui sert de clôture. 2. Un des bâtons qui servent à assembler et à maintenir les montants d’une chaise. 3. Barre de fer terminée par un gros manche de bois qui servait à faire mouvoir la vis de la presse. 4. Barre d’un balancier.
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 barreau
- barreaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barreau?
- /ba.ʁo/
- /bɑ.ʁo/
- \ba.ʁo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barreau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barreau in French?
barreau appears 5.5 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).