clavier
French, noun/kla.vje/
clavier is spelled C-L-A-V-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clavier is a French masculine noun meaning “keyboard (of a computer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Anneau ou chaîne de métal, servant à réunir des clefs”.
What does clavier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekeyboard (of a computer)
- 2
masculinekeyboard (component of many musical instruments)
- 3
archaicmasculinekeyring
- 4
masculineslangmouth, teeth
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anneau ou chaîne de métal, servant à réunir des clefs. 2. Rangée des touches d’un piano, d’une épinette, d’un clavecin, d’un jeu d’orgues. 3. Instrument à clavier, en particulier synthétiseur ou orgue électronique. 4. Instrumentiste jouant d’un instrument à clavier.
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 clavier
- claviers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clavier?
- /kla.vje/
- \kla.vje\
- [ɛ̃ kla.vje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clavier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clavier in French?
clavier appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).