blochet
French, noun/blɔ.ʃɛ/
blochet is spelled B-L-O-C-H-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blochet is a French feminine noun meaning “railroad tie, sleeper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de bois sur les sablières des croupes”.
What does blochet mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerailroad tie, sleeper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de bois sur les sablières des croupes. 2. Boîte d’encastrement, autrefois constituée d’un petit bloc en bois creusé, aujourd’hui en plastique, destinée à recevoir un appareillage électrique (prise, interrupteur).
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 blochet
- blochets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blochet?
- /blɔ.ʃɛ/
- \blɔ.ʃɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is blochet in French?
blochet appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).