tombereau
French, noun/tɔ̃.bʁo/
tombereau is spelled T-O-M-B-E-R-E-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tombereau is a French masculine noun meaning “tipcart; tumbrel/tumbril” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui est contenu dans un tombereau”.
What does tombereau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetipcart; tumbrel/tumbril
- 2
masculinedumper, dump truck, flatbed (vehicle to carry and then tip materials)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Véhicule hippomobile à deux roues destiné au transport de marchandises, et que l’on bascule pour vider. 2. Ce qui est contenu dans un tombereau. 3. Grande quantité. 4. Engin de terrassement servant à transporter les matériaux extraits d’un chantier. Plus rarement camion-tombereau et tombereau-automoteur.
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 tombereau
- tombereaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tombereau?
- /tɔ̃.bʁo/
- \tɔ̃.b(ə).ʁo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tombereau in French?
tombereau appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).