tonnelet
French, noun/tɔn.lɛ/
tonnelet is spelled T-O-N-N-E-L-E-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonnelet is a French masculine noun meaning “keg (round wooden container that has a flat top and bottom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit tonneau, petit baril destiné à contenir du vin, de l’eau-de-vie ou quelque autre liquide”.
What does tonnelet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekeg (round wooden container that has a flat top and bottom)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit tonneau, petit baril destiné à contenir du vin, de l’eau-de-vie ou quelque autre liquide. 2. Vase à boire en usage au Moyen-Âge. 3. Haut-de-chausses d’apparat, court et renflé, en usage aux XVIᵉ et XVIIᵉ siècles.
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 tonnelet
- tonnelets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonnelet?
- /tɔn.lɛ/
- \tɔn.lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonnelet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonnelet in French?
tonnelet appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).