chalumeau
French, noun/ʃa.ly.mo/
chalumeau is spelled C-H-A-L-U-M-E-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chalumeau is a French masculine noun meaning “oxy-fuel torch (usually oxy-acetylene; used for cutting, welding, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tuyau de paille, de roseau”.
What does chalumeau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoxy-fuel torch (usually oxy-acetylene; used for cutting, welding, etc.)
- 2
masculinechalumeau
- 3
masculinedrinking straw
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tuyau de paille, de roseau. 2. Paille utilisée pour aspirer un liquide. 3. Tuyau utilisé pour souffler des bulles de savon. 4. Sorte de flûte champêtre pour attirer les oiseaux.
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 chalumeau
- chalumeaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chalumeau?
- /ʃa.ly.mo/
- \ʃa.ly.mo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chalumeau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chalumeau in French?
chalumeau 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).