soute
French, noun/sut/
soute is spelled S-O-U-T-E (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soute is a French feminine noun meaning “hold (of a boat, plane etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réduit ménagé dans les étages inférieurs d’un navire et qui sert de magasin pour les munitions de guerre…”.
What does soute mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehold (of a boat, plane etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réduit ménagé dans les étages inférieurs d’un navire et qui sert de magasin pour les munitions de guerre, pour les provisions, etc. 2. Compartiment de la navette spatiale américaine dans lequel sont placées les charges utiles (satellites artificiels etc.). 3. Consommation énergétique des navires et des aéronefs.
noun: 1. Habit isolant mis en hiver, parfois en une pièce.
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 soute
- soutes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soute?
- /sut/
- \sut\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soute
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soute in French?
soute appears 1.4 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).