clapet
French, noun/kla.pɛ/
clapet is spelled C-L-A-P-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clapet is a French masculine noun meaning “valve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de petite soupape qui se lève et se baisse par le moyen d’une simple charnière”.
What does clapet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevalve
- 2
informalmasculinea mouth that is talking or making other noise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de petite soupape qui se lève et se baisse par le moyen d’une simple charnière. 2. Bouche.
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 clapet
- clapets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clapet?
- /kla.pɛ/
- \kla.pɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clapet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clapet in French?
clapet 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).