rouissoir
French, noun/ʁwi.swaʁ/
rouissoir is spelled R-O-U-I-S-S-O-I-R (9 letters). Rouissoir is a French masculine noun meaning “rettery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fosse remplie d’eau, sorte de mare, où l’on fait rouir le chanvre, le lin”.
What does rouissoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerettery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fosse remplie d’eau, sorte de mare, où l’on fait rouir le chanvre, le lin.
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 rouissoir
- rouissoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rouissoir?
- /ʁwi.swaʁ/
- \ʁwi.swaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.