pouet
French, noun
pouet is spelled P-O-U-E-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pouet is a French masculine noun meaning “the sound of a horn, as from a car, clown, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, pouët is a different word: “toot; parp”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Message, ne dépassant habituellement pas 500 caractères, originellement posté depuis une instance du logiciel…”.
What does pouet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe sound of a horn, as from a car, clown, etc.
adjective
- 1
Switzerlandugly, disgusting
interjection
- 1
toot; parp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Laid, dégoûtant.
onomatopoeia: 1. Bruit de klaxon de véhicule, de clown, etc.
noun: 1. Message, ne dépassant habituellement pas 500 caractères, originellement posté depuis une instance du logiciel libre Mastodon, ou une application liée à un compte de ce logiciel de réseau social décentralisé.
onomatopoeia: 1. Bruit d’instrument à vent. 2. Bruit produit par quelqu’un qui se mouche.
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 pouet
- pouets plural
- pouette feminine
- pouettes feminine plural
- pouète
- peût
- peûte
- ouan
- pouët
- pouet
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pouet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pouet in French?
pouet appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).