polissoir
French, noun\pɔ.li.swaʁ\
polissoir is spelled P-O-L-I-S-S-O-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polissoir is a French masculine noun meaning “a polissoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument dont on se sert pour polir certaines choses”.
What does polissoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea polissoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument dont on se sert pour polir certaines choses. 2. Bloc de grès ayant servi, à l’âge de pierre, à polir les haches de silex.
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 polissoir
- polissoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polissoir?
- \pɔ.li.swaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polissoir in French?
polissoir appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).