sautoir
French, noun/so.twaʁ/
sautoir is spelled S-A-U-T-O-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sautoir is a French masculine noun meaning “chain (long necklace of pearls)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de harnais de chevalier qui était attachée à la selle de son cheval”.
What does sautoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechain (long necklace of pearls)
- 2
masculinesaltire (geometric design in the shape of an X)
- 3
masculinejumping pit
- 4
datedmasculinesautoire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de harnais de chevalier qui était attachée à la selle de son cheval. 2. Disposition de deux objets en X, en croix de saint André. On ne l’emploie guère que dans la locution en sautoir. 3. Pièce honorable, réunion de la bande et de la barre. 4. Long collier de perles ou d'autres matières qui descend très bas sur la poitrine (par analogie de forme avec la pièce de harnais du même nom).
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 sautoir
- sautoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sautoir?
- /so.twaʁ/
- \so.twaʁ\
- [so.twaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sautoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sautoir in French?
sautoir 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).