rustre
French, noun/ʁystʁ/
rustre is spelled R-U-S-T-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rustre is a French feminine noun meaning “a bumpkin, a yokel (person from the countryside)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui manque d’éducation”.
What does rustre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uncouth
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea bumpkin, a yokel (person from the countryside)
- 2
femininemasculinea lout
- 3
femininemasculinea hulk
noun
- 1
masculinerustre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est très rustique, très grossier.
noun: 1. Personne qui manque d’éducation.
noun: 1. Meuble représentant une forme en losange percée d’un trou circulaire dans les armoiries. Elle ne doit pas être confondue avec la macle qui est une losange évidée. À rapprocher de cadril ou quadril, carré, carreau, carreau de jeu de cartes, fusée, losange et macle.
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 rustre
- rustres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rustre?
- /ʁystʁ/
- \ʁystʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rustre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rustre in French?
rustre appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).