bavolet
French, noun/ba.vɔ.lɛ/
bavolet is spelled B-A-V-O-L-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bavolet is a French masculine noun meaning “sill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coiffure villageoise prolongée à l'arrière par un volet destiné à protéger le cou”.
What does bavolet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesill
- 2
masculinemudflap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coiffure villageoise prolongée à l'arrière par un volet destiné à protéger le cou. 2. Morceau d’étoffe qui ornait un chapeau de femme par-derrière. 3. Accessoire, de caoutchouc le plus souvent, prolongeant l'aile d'une voiture ou le garde-boue d'une motocyclette pour protéger des projections d'eau ou de boue. 4. Partie supérieure oblique d'une clôture grillagée, supportant généralement un ensemble de fils barbelés tendus, renforçant le caractère anti-intrusif de la clôture.
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 bavolet
- bavolets plural
- bas-volet
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bavolet?
- /ba.vɔ.lɛ/
- \ba.vɔ.lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bavolet in French?
bavolet appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).