terracotta
French, noun/tə.ʁa.kɔ.ta/
terracotta is spelled T-E-R-R-A-C-O-T-T-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terracotta is a French feminine noun meaning “terracotta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terre cuite”.
What does terracotta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineterracotta
adjective
- 1
terracotta (color/colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terre cuite. 2. Couleur de terre cuite, de brun-jaune à brun-rouge.
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 terracotta
- terracottas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terracotta?
- /tə.ʁa.kɔ.ta/
- \te.ʁa.kɔ.ta\
- [te.ʁa.kɔ.ta]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is terracotta in French?
terracotta appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).