curette
French, noun\ky.ʁɛt\
curette is spelled C-U-R-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curette is a French feminine noun meaning “curette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom de divers outils servant à creuser, à gratter ou à nettoyer”.
What does curette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecurette
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom de divers outils servant à creuser, à gratter ou à nettoyer. 2. Petit outil autrefois utilisé par les laboureurs pour enlever la terre qui collait au soc de la charrue.
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 curette
- curettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curette?
- \ky.ʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to curette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curette in French?
curette appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).