tonlieu
French, noun/tɔ̃.ljø/
tonlieu is spelled T-O-N-L-I-E-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonlieu is a French masculine noun meaning “a feudal tax paid by stallholders at a fair or market” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tonlieu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea feudal tax paid by stallholders at a fair or market
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Droit féodal qui était payé par les marchands pour leur étal dans un marché, dans une foire.
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 tonlieu
- tonlieux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonlieu?
- /tɔ̃.ljø/
- \tɔ̃.ljø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tonlieu in French?
tonlieu appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).