échauguette
French, noun/e.ʃo.ɡɛt/
échauguette is spelled É-C-H-A-U-G-U-E-T-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Échauguette is a French feminine noun meaning “watchtower (attached to a medieval building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit ouvrage d'un château-fort médiéval, en bois ou en maçonnerie qui couronne le décrochement d’un mur de…”.
What does échauguette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewatchtower (attached to a medieval building)
- 2
femininebartisan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit ouvrage d'un château-fort médiéval, en bois ou en maçonnerie qui couronne le décrochement d’un mur de fortification ou les coins d’une tour carrée et permettant de surveiller les abords. 2. Petite tourelle placée au coin d’une maison d’habitation.
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 échauguette
- échauguettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce échauguette?
- /e.ʃo.ɡɛt/
- \e.ʃo.ɡet\
- [e.ʃo.ɡet]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is échauguette in French?
échauguette appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).