fourneau
French, noun/fuʁ.no/
fourneau is spelled F-O-U-R-N-E-A-U (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fourneau is a French masculine noun meaning “stove (cooker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appareil fixe ou portatif, généralement en tôle ou en fonte, servant à la cuisson des aliments, à faire…”.
What does fourneau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestove (cooker)
- 2
masculinestove (heater)
- 3
masculinechamber (of a tobacco pipe)
- 4
archaicmasculineslangbeggar, hobo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appareil fixe ou portatif, généralement en tôle ou en fonte, servant à la cuisson des aliments, à faire bouillir de l’eau, etc. 2. Petite construction de maçonnerie ou de brique, soit portative, soit à demeure, et à plusieurs cavités, dans lesquelles on mettait du charbon, de la braise, pour cuire et chauffer les mets. 3. Cuisinière. 4. Récipient qui sert à soumettre diverses substances à l’action du feu.
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 fourneau
- fourneaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fourneau?
- /fuʁ.no/
- \fuʁ.no\
- [œ̃ fuʁ.no]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fourneau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fourneau in French?
fourneau appears 1.4 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).