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garrot

French, noun/ɡa.ʁo/

garrot is spelled G-A-R-R-O-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garrot is a French masculine noun meaning “tourniquet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie du corps de certains quadrupèdes, et principalement du cheval, qui est située au-dessus des épaules et…”.

What does garrot mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetourniquet

  2. 2

    masculinegarrot (small wooden cylinder)

  3. 3

    masculinegarrote

  4. 4

    masculinegoldeneye (duck)

  5. 5

    masculinewithers

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Partie du corps de certains quadrupèdes, et principalement du cheval, qui est située au-dessus des épaules et qui termine le cou, l’encolure.

noun: 1. Trait d’arbalète. Synonyme de carreau. 2. Morceau de bois court qu’on passe dans une corde, dans un lien quelconque, pour le serrer en tordant. 3. Supplice de la strangulation. 4. Appareil qui sert en chirurgie pour comprimer une plaie, une artère.

noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de certains palmipèdes de la famille des anatidés, petits canards.

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 garrot

  • garrots plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce garrot?

  • /ɡa.ʁo/
  • \ɡa.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 garrot

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is garrot in French?

garrot 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).

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