tourtereau
French, noun\tuʁ.tə.ʁo\
tourtereau is spelled T-O-U-R-T-E-R-E-A-U (10 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tourtereau is a French masculine noun meaning “baby turtle dove (turtledove)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeune tourterelle”.
What does tourtereau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaby turtle dove (turtledove)
- 2
masculinelovebird
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeune tourterelle. 2. Amoureux, avec une nuance de plaisanterie indulgente.
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 tourtereau
- tourtereaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tourtereau?
- \tuʁ.tə.ʁo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tourtereau in French?
tourtereau appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).