trouvaille
French, noun/tʁu.vaj/
trouvaille is spelled T-R-O-U-V-A-I-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trouvaille is a French feminine noun meaning “find; lucky find” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chose trouvée remarquable”.
What does trouvaille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefind; lucky find
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chose trouvée remarquable. 2. Chose trouvée heureusement et par hasard. 3. Invention amusante. 4. Découverte officielle de vestiges anciens ou d’un objet ancien.
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 trouvaille
- trouvailles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trouvaille?
- /tʁu.vaj/
- \tʁu.vɑj\
- \tʁu.vaj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trouvaille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trouvaille in French?
trouvaille appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).