rot
French, noun
rot is spelled R-O-T (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rot is a French masculine noun meaning “belch, burp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, rôt is a different word: “meat roasted on a spit”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Émission par la bouche, et avec bruit, de gaz stomacaux”.
What does rot mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinebelch, burp
noun
- 1
masculinemeat roasted on a spit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Émission par la bouche, et avec bruit, de gaz stomacaux. 2. Cri du chevreuil mâle.
noun: 1. Pourriture, maladie de la vigne.
noun: 1. Variante de ros.
noun: 1. Rôti, viande rôtie à la broche. 2. Dans les repas d’apparat, service qui suit immédiatement celui des potages et des entrées.
noun: 1. Réflexe ostéotendineux.
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 rot
- rots plural
- rôts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rot in French?
rot appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).