navet
French, noun/na.vɛ/
navet is spelled N-A-V-E-T (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Navet is a French masculine noun meaning “turnip (white root of Brassica rapa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante de la famille des Brassicacées, que l’on cultive pour sa racine tuberculée comestible”.
What does navet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineturnip (white root of Brassica rapa)
- 2
colloquialmasculinea very bad movie; a turkey
Quel navet, ce film !
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des Brassicacées, que l’on cultive pour sa racine tuberculée comestible. 2. Racine tubérisée de cette plante. 3. Mauvais film. 4. Œuvre artistique de mauvaise qualité.
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 navet
- navets plural
- naveau
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce navet?
- /na.vɛ/
- /na.ve/
- \na.vɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to navet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is navet in French?
navet 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).