cannelure
French, noun/kan.lyʁ/
cannelure is spelled C-A-N-N-E-L-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 95,695th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cannelure is a French feminine noun meaning “groove (linear indent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sillon creusé dans du bois, de la pierre ou dans un métal parallèlement à une arête”.
What does cannelure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegroove (linear indent)
- 2
femininestriation (on a plant)
- 3
feminineflute (on a column)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sillon creusé dans du bois, de la pierre ou dans un métal parallèlement à une arête. 2. Stries profondes qu’on remarque sur la tige de certaines plantes. 3. Défaut formé par ces stries dans le bois d’une tige. 4. Gouttière ou sillon pratiqué sur divers instruments.
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 cannelure
- cannelures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cannelure?
- /kan.lyʁ/
- \kan.lyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cannelure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cannelure in French?
cannelure appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).