sautereau
French, noun\sot.ʁo\
sautereau is spelled S-A-U-T-E-R-E-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sautereau is a French masculine noun meaning “the jack or hopper of a pianoforte etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lame de bois garnie d’un morceau de plume, qui, en sautant par le mouvement de la touche, fait sonner la…”.
What does sautereau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe jack or hopper of a pianoforte etc.
- 2
masculinegrasshopper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lame de bois garnie d’un morceau de plume, qui, en sautant par le mouvement de la touche, fait sonner la corde d’un clavecin, d’une épinette. 2. Élément du clavier de la vielle à roue. 3. Nom donné à la langouste, car le déplacement de ce crustacé se fait par sauts successifs.
noun: 1. Ancienne bouche à feu légère, non renforcée à la culasse.
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 sautereau
- sautereaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sautereau?
- \sot.ʁo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sautereau in French?
sautereau appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).