mailloche
French, noun
mailloche is spelled M-A-I-L-L-O-C-H-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mailloche is a French feminine noun meaning “beetle (wooden mallet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, mailloché is a different word: “past participle of maillocher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gros maillet de bois à long manche ^([1])”.
What does mailloche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebeetle (wooden mallet)
- 2
femininerake (of moulder)
- 3
femininea mallet drumstick
- 4
femininebeater (for a xylophone)
verb
- 1
past participle of maillocher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gros maillet de bois à long manche ^([1]). 2. Maillet de bois utilisé par les carriers. 3. Maillet en bois, de forme cylindrique et possédant une engoujure servant au passage du cordage que l'on veut fourrer. 4. Gros marteau utilisé par le maréchal-ferrant.
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 mailloche
- mailloches plural
- maillochée feminine
- maillochés masculine plural
- maillochées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mailloche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mailloche in French?
mailloche appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).