essuie-glace
French, noun/e.sɥi.ɡlas/
essuie-glace is spelled E-S-S-U-I-E-G-L-A-C-E (11 letters). Essuie-glace is a French masculine noun meaning “windscreen wiper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Balai, raclette fixé à un bras mobile servant à essuyer le pare-brise d’un véhicule, particulièrement d’une…”.
What does essuie-glace mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewindscreen wiper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Balai, raclette fixé à un bras mobile servant à essuyer le pare-brise d’un véhicule, particulièrement d’une automobile.
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 essuie-glace
- essuie-glaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce essuie-glace?
- /e.sɥi.ɡlas/
- \ɛ.sɥi.ɡlas\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.