tréteau
French, noun/tʁe.to/
tréteau is spelled T-R-É-T-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tréteau is a French masculine noun meaning “trestle (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Support stable amovible, offrant au moins deux points d'appui, utilisé en construction ou pour une…”.
What does tréteau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrestle (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
- 2
masculinesawhorse
- 3
masculinestage, theater
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Support stable amovible, offrant au moins deux points d'appui, utilisé en construction ou pour une installation temporaire. 2. Théâtre de saltimbanque, théâtre où l’on représente des pièces bouffonnes et populaires. 3. Métier de comédien. 4. Endroit visible et fréquenté d’où l’on peut haranguer la foule.
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 tréteau
- tréteaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tréteau?
- /tʁe.to/
- \tʁe.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tréteau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tréteau in French?
tréteau appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).