bûchette
French, noun/by.ʃɛt/
bûchette is spelled B-Û-C-H-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bûchette is a French feminine noun meaning “stick (of wood); faggot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit morceau de bois sec et menu, notamment utilisé dans les écoles pour l'apprentissage du calcul”.
What does bûchette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestick (of wood); faggot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit morceau de bois sec et menu, notamment utilisé dans les écoles pour l'apprentissage du calcul. 2. Bouton ayant une forme de bâtonnet, notamment pour fermer un brandebourg. 3. Décoration en forme de bâtonnet, utilisé comme symbole et signe honorifique scout. 4. Fromage ayant une forme de bâtonnet, en particulier du fromage de chèvre.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de bûchette
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 bûchette
- bûchettes plural
- buchette alternative
- buchettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bûchette?
- /by.ʃɛt/
- \by.ʃɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bûchette in French?
bûchette appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).