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mâchoire

French, noun/ma.ʃwaʁ/

mâchoire is spelled M-Â-C-H-O-I-R-E (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mâchoire is a French feminine noun meaning “jaw; jawbone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des deux parties osseuses de la bouche dans lesquelles les dents sont enchâssées”.

What does mâchoire mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininejaw; jawbone

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Chacune des deux parties osseuses de la bouche dans lesquelles les dents sont enchâssées. 2. Deux pièces qui s’éloignent et se rapprochent pour assujettir un objet, pour le serrer, le tenir ferme et fixe, ou pour en ralentir le mouvement. 3. Chacune des deux pièces d'un étau qui se sont face et servent à serrer. 4. Chacune des deux extrémités, servant à serrer, d'une pince ou d'une tenaille.

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 mâchoire

  • mâchoires plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mâchoire?

  • /ma.ʃwaʁ/
  • /mɑ.ʃwaʁ/
  • \mɑ.ʃwaʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to mâchoire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mâchoire in French?

mâchoire appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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