contreplaqué
French, noun/kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke/
contreplaqué is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-P-L-A-Q-U-É (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contreplaqué is a French masculine noun meaning “plywood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Superposition de plaques de bois déroulé, alternées et collées perpendiculairement l’une à l’autre”.
What does contreplaqué mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplywood
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Superposition de plaques de bois déroulé, alternées et collées perpendiculairement l’une à l’autre.
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 contreplaqué
- contreplaqués plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contreplaqué?
- /kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke/
- \kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contreplaqué
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contreplaqué in French?
contreplaqué appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).