gouet
French, noun/ɡwɛ/
gouet is spelled G-O-U-E-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gouet is a French masculine noun meaning “billhook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de gouais (uva rabuscula)”.
What does gouet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebillhook
- 2
masculinecuckoopint, wild arum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de gouais (uva rabuscula).
noun: 1. Plante vivace à tubercule, de la famille des aroïdes, souvent nommée aussi arum.
noun: 1. Grosse serpe, parfois à long manche, pour défricher, élaguer, etc. 2. Couteau à lame fixe de certaines régions.
noun: 1. Étui plein d’eau contenant la pierre à aiguiser.
noun: 1. Récipient muni d’un long manche servant à prélever un liquide.
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 gouet
- gouets plural
- gouais
- goüais
- goüet
- gouest
- goué
- gouin
- goix
- goet
- gauvois
- goüest
- goua
- goui
- goye
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gouet?
- /ɡwɛ/
- \ɡwɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gouet in French?
gouet appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).