massette
French, noun/ma.sɛt/
massette is spelled M-A-S-S-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Massette is a French feminine noun meaning “club hammer, drilling hammer (tool)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roseau de la famille des typhacées, des milieux humides dont l’inflorescence est en forme d’épi cylindrique…”.
What does massette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclub hammer, drilling hammer (tool)
- 2
femininebulrush (plant), cattail, reedmace
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roseau de la famille des typhacées, des milieux humides dont l’inflorescence est en forme d’épi cylindrique, allongé et dense, situé au bout d’une longue tige. 2. Fibre textile fournie par certaines espèces de Typhacées. 3. Gros marteau, (plus léger et avec un manche plus court que la masse), de tailleur de pierre, de cantonnier, de maçon. 4. Marteau équipant les machines casse-pierres.
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 massette
- massettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce massette?
- /ma.sɛt/
- \ma.sɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to massette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is massette in French?
massette appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).