-naute
French, suffix/not/
-naute is spelled N-A-U-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -naute is a French feminine suffix meaning “-naut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe servant à former des noms associés aux navigateurs et navigatrices”.
What does -naute mean in English?
suffix
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe servant à former des noms associés aux navigateurs et navigatrices.
noun: 1. Batelier de la Gaule romaine. 2. Marin, matelot.
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 -naute
- nautes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -naute?
- /not/
- \not\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -naute in French?
-naute appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).