tonneau
French, noun/tɔ.no/
tonneau is spelled T-O-N-N-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonneau is a French masculine noun meaning “barrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ivrogne, homme habitué à boire d’une manière excessive”.
What does tonneau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
- 2
masculineregister ton (100 cubic feet)
- 3
masculinebarrel roll
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand récipient de bois, de forme à peu près cylindrique, mais renflé dans son milieu, à fonds plats, qui est fait de planches ou douves arquées, maintenues par des cercles de fer, et qui sert à contenir des liquides ou certaines autres marchandises. 2. Ivrogne, homme habitué à boire d’une manière excessive. 3. Liquide contenu dans le tonneau. 4. Ancienne unité de masse, de deux mille livres, servant à évaluer la capacité d’un navire. Il se dit aujourd’hui d’une mesure égale à mille kilogrammes. On dit aussi « tonne ».
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 tonneau
- tonneaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonneau?
- /tɔ.no/
- \tɔ.no\
- [ɛ̃ tɔ.no]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonneau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonneau in French?
tonneau appears 2.7 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).