fuseau
French, noun/fy.zo/
fuseau is spelled F-U-S-E-A-U (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fuseau is a French masculine noun meaning “spindle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite tige de bois renflée en son milieu, pointu à un bout et arrondi à l’autre et dont on se sert pour…”.
What does fuseau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespindle
- 2
masculinebobbin (lacemaking)
- 3
masculinelune (geometry)
- 4
masculinetimezone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite tige de bois renflée en son milieu, pointu à un bout et arrondi à l’autre et dont on se sert pour filer à la quenouille et tordre le fil, afin de le rouler à mesure qu’il se forme. 2. Petite broche où est enroulé le fil pour faire la dentelle. 3. Chose fusiforme. 4. Broche ou dent d’un pignon à lanterne.
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 fuseau
- fuseaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fuseau?
- /fy.zo/
- \fy.zo\
- [fy.ɮ͡zo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fuseau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fuseau in French?
fuseau appears 1.2 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).