pétoire
French, noun/pe.twaʁ/
pétoire is spelled P-É-T-O-I-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétoire is a French feminine noun meaning “peashooter (old or ineffective gun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vieux ou mauvais fusil”.
What does pétoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalpeashooter (old or ineffective gun)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vieux ou mauvais fusil. 2. Véhicule pétaradant.
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 pétoire
- pétoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétoire?
- /pe.twaʁ/
- \pe.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pétoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pétoire in French?
pétoire appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).