trayeuse

\tʁɛ.jøz\

/\tʁɛ.jøz\/ noun

The verdict

“trayeuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui trait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trayeuse · trayeuse · French

trayeuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for trayeuse
PropertyValue
Headwordtrayeuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɛ.jøz\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trayeuse » en français

trayeusesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trayeuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɛ.jøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

trayeuse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is trayeuse, spelled T-R-A-Y-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui trait.
  2. 2
    Machine à traire les animaux d'élevage laitier (vaches, brebis, chèvres).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how trayeuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On est tous mêlés ; maîtres et valets, la fermière et les domestiques, le premier garçon de ferme et le petit gardeur de porcs, l’oncle Jean, Florimond le laboureur, Pierrouni le vacher, Jeanneton la trayeuse, et toutes les cousines qui ont mis leur plus large coiffe et d’énormes ceintures vertes.
  2. Les vaches, habituées aux ventouses happeuses des trayeuses, ruent des quatre sabots, envoyant balader dans les pailles noires les casseroles à lait parce que les doigts n'ont plus le tact, la manière, la caresse adéquate aux sollicitations du pis.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trayeuse"?
"trayeuse" is spelled T-R-A-Y-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛ.jøz\.
What does "trayeuse" mean?
As a noun, "trayeuse" means: Celle qui trait.
How do you pronounce "trayeuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trayeuse" is \tʁɛ.jøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trayeuse" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list