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monceau

French, noun/mɔ̃.so/

monceau is spelled M-O-N-C-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monceau is a French masculine noun meaning “heap, pile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tas, amas fait en forme de petit mont”.

What does monceau mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineheap, pile

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tas, amas fait en forme de petit mont. 2. Grosse quantité. 3. Greffe en monceau : greffe où l’on prélève la tête d’un arbre pour l’introduire dans une fente pratiqué dans un autre.

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 monceau

  • monceaux plural

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

How do you pronounce monceau?

  • /mɔ̃.so/
  • \mɔ̃.so\

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

English words that translate to monceau

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

How common is monceau in French?

monceau appears 1.1 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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