caillebotis
French, noun/kaj.bɔ.ti/
caillebotis is spelled C-A-I-L-L-E-B-O-T-I-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caillebotis is a French masculine noun meaning “hatch cover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Treillis de bois ou de métal recouvrant l’ouverture d’une écoutille ou treillis amovible servant de plancher”.
What does caillebotis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehatch cover
- 2
masculineduckboard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Treillis de bois ou de métal recouvrant l’ouverture d’une écoutille ou treillis amovible servant de plancher. 2. Trottoir ou passage fait d’un treillis soit de lamelles métalliques, soit de lattes de bois, ou de rondins, allongé sur un creux dans le sol, ou sur un sol trop meuble (comme de la boue). 3. Plancher amovible utilisé pour réaliser des circulations ou des terrasses dans les jardins. 4. Grilles métalliques allongées servant à couvrir les bouches d’absorption des eaux pluviales.
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 caillebotis
- caillebottis obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caillebotis?
- /kaj.bɔ.ti/
- /kɑj.bɔ.ti/
- \kaj.bɔ.ti\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caillebotis in French?
caillebotis appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).