dot
French, noun/dɔt/
dot is spelled D-O-T (3 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dot is a French feminine noun meaning “dowry, marriage portion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apport qu’un époux ou une épouse verse à la communauté de biens”.
What does dot mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedowry, marriage portion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Apport qu’un époux ou une épouse verse à la communauté de biens. 2. Actifs qu’une femme apporte en mariage à son époux. 3. Actifs qu’un mari apporte en mariage à son épouse. 4. Bien qui reste la propriété de la femme, quoique le mari en partage la jouissance et en ait l’administration.
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 dot
- dots plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dot?
- /dɔt/
- \dɔt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dot in French?
dot appears 4.1 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).