fourreau
French, noun/fu.ʁo/
fourreau is spelled F-O-U-R-R-E-A-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fourreau is a French masculine noun meaning “scabbard, sheath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enveloppe de métal, de cuir ou d’étoffe ajustée à la forme allongée de l’objet qu’elle renferme et destinée à…”.
What does fourreau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescabbard, sheath
- 2
masculinesheath dress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enveloppe de métal, de cuir ou d’étoffe ajustée à la forme allongée de l’objet qu’elle renferme et destinée à le protéger quand on ne s’en sert plus. 2. Choses rappelant la forme du fourreau. 3. Robe de forme étroite. 4. Enveloppe des épis quand ils commencent à se former.
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 fourreau
- fourreaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fourreau?
- /fu.ʁo/
- \fu.ʁo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fourreau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fourreau in French?
fourreau 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).