robinet
French, noun/ʁɔ.bi.nɛ/
robinet is spelled R-O-B-I-N-E-T (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Robinet is a French masculine noun meaning “tap (UK), faucet (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce ajustée à l’issue d’un tuyau, d’un réservoir, etc., qui sert à retenir le liquide ou le gaz et à le…”.
What does robinet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetap (UK), faucet (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce ajustée à l’issue d’un tuyau, d’un réservoir, etc., qui sert à retenir le liquide ou le gaz et à le faire sortir quand on veut. 2. La clef du robinet. 3. Source de quelque chose. 4. Ce qui sert à empêcher l’air d’entrer dans une machine pneumatique quand le vide est fait.
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 robinet
- robinets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce robinet?
- /ʁɔ.bi.nɛ/
- \ʁɔ.bi.nɛ\
- [ʁɔ.bi.nɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to robinet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is robinet in French?
robinet appears 5.6 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).