dévidoir
French, noun/de.vi.dwaʁ/
dévidoir is spelled D-É-V-I-D-O-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dévidoir is a French masculine noun meaning “niddy-noddy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument dont on se sert pour dévider des fils de lin, de coton”.
What does dévidoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineniddy-noddy
- 2
masculineswift
- 3
masculinereel (for fire hose or garden hose), drum (for cable)
- 4
masculinetape dispenser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument dont on se sert pour dévider des fils de lin, de coton. 2. Appareil utilisé pour dérouler des tuyaux, des câbles. 3. Appareil utilisé pour dérouler pour dispenser du ruban adhésif. 4. Accessoire permettant de dérouler un rouleau de papier.
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 dévidoir
- dévidoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dévidoir?
- /de.vi.dwaʁ/
- \de.vi.dwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dévidoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dévidoir in French?
dévidoir appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).