tractopelle
French, noun\tʁak.to.pɛl\
tractopelle is spelled T-R-A-C-T-O-P-E-L-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tractopelle is a French feminine noun meaning “backhoe, backhoe loader, loader excavator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Engin de génie civil combinant un chargeur sur pneus et une pelleteuse”.
What does tractopelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebackhoe, backhoe loader, loader excavator
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Engin de génie civil combinant un chargeur sur pneus et une pelleteuse.
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 tractopelle
- tractopelles plural
- tracto-pelle
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tractopelle?
- \tʁak.to.pɛl\
- \tʁak.tɔ.pɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tractopelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tractopelle in French?
tractopelle appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).