ruchette
French, noun/ʁy.ʃɛt/
ruchette is spelled R-U-C-H-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruchette is a French feminine noun meaning “a small rectangular hive used to create a colony or enlarge an existing one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite ruche rectangulaire utilisée pour l’agrandissement ou la création d’une nouvelle colonie d’abeilles à…”.
What does ruchette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea small rectangular hive used to create a colony or enlarge an existing one
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite ruche rectangulaire utilisée pour l’agrandissement ou la création d’une nouvelle colonie d’abeilles à partir d’une ruche existante.
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 ruchette
- ruchettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruchette?
- /ʁy.ʃɛt/
- \ʁy.ʃɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ruchette in French?
ruchette appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).