chéneau
French, noun
chéneau is spelled C-H-É-N-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chéneau is a French masculine noun meaning “eavesdrop (space around a house on which rain water drips)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, cheneau is a different word: “alternative form of chéneau”. With an accent, chêneau is a different word: “a young oak”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conduit de pierre, de plomb, de zinc, ou de plastique, qui recueille les eaux du toit et les porte vers la…”.
What does chéneau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeavesdrop (space around a house on which rain water drips)
- 2
masculinegutter
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of chéneau
noun
- 1
masculinea young oak
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeune chêne. 2. Synonyme de germandrée petit-chêne.
noun: 1. Conduit de pierre, de plomb, de zinc, ou de plastique, qui recueille les eaux du toit et les porte vers la gouttière ou directement vers le tuyau de descente.
noun: 1. Chéneau. 2. Gouttière.
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 chéneau
- chéneaux plural
- cheneau alternative
- cheneaux plural
- chêneaux plural
- chaineau
- chenal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chéneau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chéneau in French?
chéneau appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).