rustine
French, noun/ʁys.tin/
rustine is spelled R-U-S-T-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rustine is a French feminine noun meaning “patch (rubber, to repair a bicycle tyre)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite pièce de caoutchouc destinée à obturer un trou dans une chambre à air”.
What does rustine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepatch (rubber, to repair a bicycle tyre)
- 2
femininestop-gap, workaround
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite pièce de caoutchouc destinée à obturer un trou dans une chambre à air. 2. Solution provisoire et peu satisfaisante à un problème.
noun: 1. Un des deux côtés du fourneau d'un fondeur, l'autre étant la tympe. 2. Coté d'une forge qui touche le mur.
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 rustine
- rustines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rustine?
- /ʁys.tin/
- \ʁys.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rustine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rustine in French?
rustine appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).