rochet
French, noun/ʁɔ.ʃɛ/
rochet is spelled R-O-C-H-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 56,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rochet is a French masculine noun meaning “rochet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de surplis à manches étroites, que portent les évêques et divers autres ecclésiastiques”.
What does rochet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerochet
noun
- 1
masculineratchet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de surplis à manches étroites, que portent les évêques et divers autres ecclésiastiques. 2. Attribut symbolique de l'épiscopat. 3. Mantelet.
noun: 1. Sorte de dent recourbée de manière à ce qu'un cliquet permet de tourner dans un sens, mais la bloque dans le sens inverse. 2. Bobine sur laquelle on dévide la soie, le fil d'or, etc. 3. Dans le domaine de la fatigue des matériaux, désigne une sollicitation telle que la déformation plastique augmente à chaque cycle (fatigue oligocyclique).
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 rochet
- rochets plural
- roquet
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rochet?
- /ʁɔ.ʃɛ/
- \ʁɔ.ʃɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rochet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rochet in French?
rochet appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).