travertin
French, noun/tʁa.vɛʁ.tɛ̃/
travertin is spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-T-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 79,170th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Travertin is a French masculine noun meaning “travertine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roche sédimentaire calcaire composée de dépôts précipités par des eaux de source; blanche quand pure (mais…”.
What does travertin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetravertine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roche sédimentaire calcaire composée de dépôts précipités par des eaux de source; blanche quand pure (mais tirant vers le gris ou jaunâtre ou rougeâtre ou marron, selon les impuretés) caractérisée par de petites vacuoles inégalement réparties.
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 travertin
- travertins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce travertin?
- /tʁa.vɛʁ.tɛ̃/
- \tʁa.vɛʁ.tɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to travertin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is travertin in French?
travertin appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).