chaume
French, noun/ʃom/
chaume is spelled C-H-A-U-M-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaume is a French masculine noun meaning “stubble (in fields)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tige herbacée, creuse, simple, garnie de nœuds, qui est propre aux graminées, telles que le blé, l’avoine…”.
What does chaume mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestubble (in fields)
- 2
masculinethatch (for roof)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tige herbacée, creuse, simple, garnie de nœuds, qui est propre aux graminées, telles que le blé, l’avoine, etc. 2. Partie de la tige du blé, du seigle, etc., qui reste dans le champ quand on les a coupés. 3. Champ où le chaume est encore sur pied. 4. Paille qui couvre certaines maisons de village, certaines habitations de paysans, certains hangars.
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 chaume
- chaumes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaume?
- /ʃom/
- \ʃom\
- [ʃom]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chaume
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chaume in French?
chaume 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).