mofette
French, noun/mɔ.fɛt/
mofette is spelled M-O-F-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mofette is a French feminine noun meaning “mofetta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exhalaison pernicieuse qui s’élève dans les lieux souterrains et principalement dans les mines”.
What does mofette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemofetta
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exhalaison pernicieuse qui s’élève dans les lieux souterrains et principalement dans les mines. 2. Variante de moufette et mouffette.
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 mofette
- mofettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mofette?
- /mɔ.fɛt/
- \mɔ.fɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mofette in French?
mofette appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).