cuisseau
French, noun/kɥi.so/
cuisseau is spelled C-U-I-S-S-E-A-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuisseau is a French masculine noun meaning “thigh and buttock (meat) of veal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie de la chair qui entoure le bassin d’un veau dépecé pour la boucherie”.
What does cuisseau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethigh and buttock (meat) of veal
Je voyais ce soir, chez Peters, le « découpoir » du maître d'hôtel faire deux cents tranches d'un cuisseau de veau.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie de la chair qui entoure le bassin d’un veau dépecé pour la boucherie. 2. Cuisse de cerf, de chevreuil de sanglier, etc.
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 cuisseau
- cuisseaux plural
- cuissot
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuisseau?
- /kɥi.so/
- \kɥi.so\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cuisseau in French?
cuisseau appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).