moufette
French, noun/mu.fɛt/
moufette is spelled M-O-U-F-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moufette is a French feminine noun meaning “skunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit mammifère omnivore américain qui peut projeter un liquide malodorant sécrété par ses glandes anales”.
What does moufette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineskunk
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit mammifère omnivore américain qui peut projeter un liquide malodorant sécrété par ses glandes anales.
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 moufette
- moufettes plural
- mouffette alternative
- mofette
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moufette?
- /mu.fɛt/
- \mu.fɛt\
- [mu.fɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moufette in French?
moufette appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).