rameau
French, noun/ʁa.mo/
rameau is spelled R-A-M-E-A-U (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rameau is a French masculine noun meaning “small branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite branche d’arbre”.
What does rameau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite branche d’arbre. 2. Branche, divisions des artères, des veines, des nerfs, etc. 3. Branche d’une mine. 4. Galerie de petite dimension, qui part de la galerie principale.
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 rameau
- rameaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rameau?
- /ʁa.mo/
- \ʁa.mo\
- [œ̃ ʁa.mo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rameau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rameau in French?
rameau appears 2.2 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).