tuffeau
French, noun\ty.fo\
tuffeau is spelled T-U-F-F-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuffeau is a French masculine noun meaning “tufa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variété de tuf”.
What does tuffeau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetufa
- 2
masculineIn particular, tuffeau stone, from the Loire valley of France.
- 3
masculinesynonym of tuf: tuff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variété de tuf. 2. Pierre calcaire, propre à bâtir, blanche et tendre.
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 tuffeau
- tuffeaux plural
- tufeau alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuffeau?
- \ty.fo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuffeau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuffeau in French?
tuffeau 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).