chevillette
French, noun/ʃə.vi.jɛt/
chevillette is spelled C-H-E-V-I-L-L-E-T-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chevillette is a French feminine noun meaning “a latch hidden in a door with the tab sticking through a slot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de clé en bois utilisée dans les anciennes serrures”.
What does chevillette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea latch hidden in a door with the tab sticking through a slot
- 2
femininean unidentified part of the locking mechanism of Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother's door
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de clé en bois utilisée dans les anciennes serrures. 2. Pièce longue et ronde qui sert à tendre un cordeau. 3. Grosse cheville utilisée en maçonnerie pour bloquer des planches servant de coffrage. 4. Cuivre plat et troué sous le cousoir, pour attacher les nerfs.
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 chevillette
- chevillettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chevillette?
- /ʃə.vi.jɛt/
- \ʃə.vi.jɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chevillette in French?
chevillette appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).