chamotte
French, noun/ʃa.mɔt/
chamotte is spelled C-H-A-M-O-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamotte is a French feminine noun meaning “chamotte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Argile brute cuite, broyée et tamisée, utilisée pour la fabrication de briques réfractaires”.
What does chamotte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechamotte
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Argile brute cuite, broyée et tamisée, utilisée pour la fabrication de briques réfractaires. 2. Poudre issue du broyage de pastilles frittées de combustible mox neuf, qui est introduite dans le mélange primaire.
adjective: 1. Qui contient de la chamotte.
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 chamotte
- chamottes plural
- chamottés plural masculine
- chamottée singular feminine
- chamottées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chamotte?
- /ʃa.mɔt/
- \ʃa.mɔt\
- \ʃa.mɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chamotte in French?
chamotte appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).