tomette
French, noun/tɔ.mɛt/
tomette is spelled T-O-M-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tomette is a French feminine noun meaning “a (normally hexagonal) brick tile used for flooring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Briquette plate utilisée pour le revêtement des sols, plutôt hexagonale et de couleur rouge, voire rouge vif…”.
What does tomette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea (normally hexagonal) brick tile used for flooring
adjective
- 1
brick red
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Briquette plate utilisée pour le revêtement des sols, plutôt hexagonale et de couleur rouge, voire rouge vif, provenant du sud de la France.
adjective: 1. D’une couleur rouge brique clair. #AE4A34
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 tomette
- tomettes plural
- tommette
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tomette?
- /tɔ.mɛt/
- \tɔ.mɛt\
- [tɔ.mɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tomette in French?
tomette appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).