buvette
French, noun/by.vɛt/
buvette is spelled B-U-V-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buvette is a French feminine noun meaning “bar (place where beverages are sold) particularly a small one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Établissement où l’on boit”.
What does buvette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebar (place where beverages are sold) particularly a small one
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Établissement où l’on boit. 2. Buffet de rafraîchissements, attenant à un lieu d’assemblée publique. 3. Endroit où l’on vend à boire et à manger, dans un lieu public (gare, salle de spectacle, édifice administratif, etc.) et dans des conditions plus modestes qu’au buffet. 4. Endroit où l’on boit, dans les établissements d’eaux thermales.
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 buvette
- buvettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce buvette?
- /by.vɛt/
- \by.vɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is buvette in French?
buvette appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).