exutoire
French, noun/ɛɡ.zy.twaʁ/
exutoire is spelled E-X-U-T-O-I-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exutoire is a French masculine noun meaning “outlet (release of desires)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispositif qui sert de trop-plein dans un réseau d’égouts”.
What does exutoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoutlet (release of desires)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositif qui sert de trop-plein dans un réseau d’égouts. 2. Tout dispositif qui sert à juguler un excédent. 3. Activité qui sert de dérivatif à des émotions trop fortes. 4. Ouverture destinée à la ventilation d’un bâtiment, notamment au désenfumage en cas d’incendie (exutoire de fumée).
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 exutoire
- exutoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exutoire?
- /ɛɡ.zy.twaʁ/
- \ɛɡ.zy.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exutoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exutoire in French?
exutoire appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).