carreau
French, noun/ka.ʁo/
carreau is spelled C-A-R-R-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carreau is a French masculine noun meaning “square (as a geometrical shape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet plat, ou ouverture, au contour approximativement carré”.
What does carreau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquare (as a geometrical shape)
- 2
masculinediamonds (card suit)
- 3
masculinetile (compare with carrelage, meaning tiles or tiling)
- 4
masculinewindowpane
- 5
masculinebolt (crossbow projectile)
- 6
masculinea unit of land, 100 square pas (where a pas is 3.5 French feet or pieds): roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres
- 7
masculineplot, patch (of land, of cloth)
- 8
colloquialdatedmasculineeyeglasses
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objet plat, ou ouverture, au contour approximativement carré. 2. Dessin symétrique formé par le croisement à angle droit de lignes, de bandes verticales et horizontales, quadrillage. 3. Coussin carré dont on se servait pour se mettre à genoux ou pour poser ses pieds. 4. Coussin enclavé dans un châssis sur lequel les dentelières font manœuvrer leurs fuseaux.
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 carreau
- carreaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carreau?
- /ka.ʁo/
- /kɑ.ʁo/
- \ka.ʁo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carreau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carreau in French?
carreau appears 3.0 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).