cuvette
French, noun/ky.vɛt/
cuvette is spelled C-U-V-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuvette is a French feminine noun meaning “basin, bowl; washbowl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Récipient large et peu profond dont on se sert pour se laver, ou destiné à des usages domestiques”.
What does cuvette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebasin, bowl; washbowl
- 2
femininebasin, washbasin (in bathroom)
- 3
femininepan (of toilet)
- 4
femininedish
- 5
femininebasin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Récipient large et peu profond dont on se sert pour se laver, ou destiné à des usages domestiques. 2. Récipient ou sorte d’entonnoir de plomb disposé pour recevoir les eaux d’un tuyau de descente ou les eaux d’une source, d’un aqueduc. 3. Plaque de métal qui couvre en arrière le mouvement de certaines montres. 4. Forme concave, creusée ou déprimée.
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 cuvette
- cuvettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuvette?
- /ky.vɛt/
- \ky.vɛt\
- [ky.vɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuvette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuvette in French?
cuvette appears 2.2 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).