rivet
French, noun/ʁi.vɛ/
rivet is spelled R-I-V-E-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rivet is a French masculine noun meaning “rivet (mechanical fastener)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de clou dont la pointe est destinée à être abattue et aplatie, de manière à fixer une pièce à une autre”.
What does rivet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerivet (mechanical fastener)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de clou dont la pointe est destinée à être abattue et aplatie, de manière à fixer une pièce à une autre.
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 rivet
- rivets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rivet?
- /ʁi.vɛ/
- \ʁi.vɛ\
- [ʁi.vɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rivet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rivet in French?
rivet 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).