lasso
French, noun/la.so/
lasso is spelled L-A-S-S-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lasso is a French masculine noun meaning “lasso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Longue lanière en forme de boucle dont se servent les gardiens de troupeaux, comme les cow-boys ou les…”.
What does lasso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelasso
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Longue lanière en forme de boucle dont se servent les gardiens de troupeaux, comme les cow-boys ou les gardians, pour s’emparer des chevaux, des bœufs sauvages, en la leur lançant autour du corps. 2. Tout outil concret ou métaphorique permettant la capture matérielle ou la saisie conceptuelle de quelque objet physique ou mental. 3. Structure intermédiaire formée lors de l’épissage de certains introns.
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 lasso
- lassos plural
- lazo
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lasso?
- /la.so/
- \la.so\
- [la.so]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lasso in French?
lasso appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).