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cachot

French, noun/ka.ʃo/

cachot is spelled C-A-C-H-O-T (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cachot is a French masculine noun meaning “dungeon, prison” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cellule basse et obscure”.

What does cachot mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedungeon, prison

  2. 2

    masculinepenalty box

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cellule basse et obscure.

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 cachot

  • cachots plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cachot?

  • /ka.ʃo/
  • \ka.ʃo\
  • [œ̃ ka.ʃo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cachot

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cachot in French?

cachot appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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