goyau
French, noun/ɡo.jo/
goyau is spelled G-O-Y-A-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Goyau is a French masculine noun meaning “an enclosed compartment of a mineshaft used to remove contaminated air from the mine, sometimes containing plumbing or an escape ladder…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie d'un puits de mine réservée à la descente des mineurs et au passage de gaines techniques”.
What does goyau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean enclosed compartment of a mineshaft used to remove contaminated air from the mine, sometimes containing plumbing or an escape ladder; upcast shaft
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie d'un puits de mine réservée à la descente des mineurs et au passage de gaines techniques.
noun: 1. Femme souillonne, prostitué laide. 2. Idiot, personne aux aptitudes mentales inférieures à la moyenne.
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 goyau
- goyaux plural
- goyot alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce goyau?
- /ɡo.jo/
- \ɡo.jo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is goyau in French?
goyau appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).