solive
French, noun/sɔ.liv/
solive is spelled S-O-L-I-V-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solive is a French feminine noun meaning “balk, joist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de charpente qui sert à soutenir les planchers et qui porte sur les murs ou sur les poutres”.
What does solive mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebalk, joist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de charpente qui sert à soutenir les planchers et qui porte sur les murs ou sur les poutres. 2. Unité de mesure des bois de charpente.
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 solive
- solives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce solive?
- /sɔ.liv/
- \sɔ.liv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to solive
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is solive in French?
solive appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).