licou
French, noun/li.ku/
licou is spelled L-I-C-O-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Licou is a French masculine noun meaning “halter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lien de cuir, de corde ou de crin, qu’on met autour de la tête des chevaux, des mulets et d’autres bêtes de…”.
What does licou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehalter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lien de cuir, de corde ou de crin, qu’on met autour de la tête des chevaux, des mulets et d’autres bêtes de somme, pour les attacher au moyen d’une ou deux longes au râtelier, à l’auge, etc.
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 licou
- licous plural
- licol alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce licou?
- /li.ku/
- \li.ku\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to licou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is licou in French?
licou appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).