bestiau
French, noun\bɛs.tjo\
bestiau is spelled B-E-S-T-I-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestiau is a French masculine noun meaning “singular of bestiaux: beast, animal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal, bête”.
What does bestiau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineraresingular of bestiaux: beast, animal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal, bête.
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 bestiau
- bestiaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bestiau?
- \bɛs.tjo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bestiau in French?
bestiau appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).