dressoir
French, noun/dʁɛ.swaʁ/
dressoir is spelled D-R-E-S-S-O-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dressoir is a French masculine noun meaning “dresser (furniture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte d’étagère sur laquelle on range ou l’on fait sécher des porcelaines, de la vaisselle, de l’argenterie”.
What does dressoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedresser (furniture)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte d’étagère sur laquelle on range ou l’on fait sécher des porcelaines, de la vaisselle, de l’argenterie. 2. Sorte d’étagère sur laquelle on fait égoutter le fromage
noun: 1. Outil servant aux graveurs en pierres fines pour polir les pierres. 2. Outil servant à dresser la feuille d'étain dans la fabrication des miroirs au mercure. 3. Outil de fer creux qui sert aux filassiers pour redresser les dents d’un séran.
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 dressoir
- dressoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dressoir?
- /dʁɛ.swaʁ/
- /dʁe.swaʁ/
- \dʁɛ.swaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dressoir in French?
dressoir appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).