raboteux
French, adjective\ʁa.bɔ.tø\
raboteux is spelled R-A-B-O-T-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raboteux is a French adjective meaning “uneven, bumpy (surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est noueux, inégal, en parlant du bois”.
What does raboteux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uneven, bumpy (surface)
- 2
rough (voice)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est noueux, inégal, en parlant du bois. 2. Qualifie toute surface inégale, et principalement des chemins, du sol où l’on marche. 3. Qui est rude, heurté, mal poli en parlant du style des ouvrages en vers ou en prose. 4. Qui est rude, heurté, en parlant de la voix.
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 raboteux
- raboteuse feminine
- raboteuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raboteux?
- \ʁa.bɔ.tø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is raboteux in French?
raboteux appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).