luette
French, noun/lɥɛt/
luette is spelled L-U-E-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luette is a French feminine noun meaning “uvula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie charnue, saillante, mobile et contractile, au milieu du voile du palais, à l’entrée du gosier”.
What does luette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineuvula
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie charnue, saillante, mobile et contractile, au milieu du voile du palais, à l’entrée du gosier.
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 luette
- luettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce luette?
- /lɥɛt/
- \lɥɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to luette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is luette in French?
luette appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).