scooter
French, noun/sku.tœʁ/
scooter is spelled S-C-O-O-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scooter is a French masculine noun meaning “scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite motocyclette caractérisée par de petites roues, un plancher plat et un carénage”.
What does scooter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite motocyclette caractérisée par de petites roues, un plancher plat et un carénage.
noun: 1. Auto tamponneuse.
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 scooter
- scooters plural
- scouteur
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scooter?
- /sku.tœʁ/
- \sku.tœʁ\
- [sku.tεʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scooter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scooter in French?
scooter appears 5.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).