claveau
French, noun/kla.vo/
claveau is spelled C-L-A-V-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claveau is a French masculine noun meaning “keystone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre taillée en forme de coin, élément d’une voûte (on parle alors de voussoir), d’un arc ou d’une…”.
What does claveau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekeystone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pierre taillée en forme de coin, élément d’une voûte (on parle alors de voussoir), d’un arc ou d’une plate-bande.
noun: 1. Synonyme de clavelée.
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 claveau
- claveaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claveau?
- /kla.vo/
- \kla.vo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to claveau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is claveau in French?
claveau appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).