guindeau
French, noun/ɡɛ̃.do/
guindeau is spelled G-U-I-N-D-E-A-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guindeau is a French masculine noun meaning “windlass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Treuil à axe horizontal utilisé sur les navires pour actionner l’ancre”.
What does guindeau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewindlass
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Treuil à axe horizontal utilisé sur les navires pour actionner l’ancre.
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 guindeau
- guindeaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guindeau?
- /ɡɛ̃.do/
- \ɡɛ̃.do\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is guindeau in French?
guindeau appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).