tuyau
French, noun/tɥi.jo/
tuyau is spelled T-U-Y-A-U (5 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuyau is a French masculine noun meaning “pipe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tube ou conduit souple ou rigide, de fer, de plomb, de fer-blanc, de terre cuite, de matière plastique, etc”.
What does tuyau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepipe
- 2
masculinetube
- 3
masculineinsider tip
- 4
masculinechimney pot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tube ou conduit souple ou rigide, de fer, de plomb, de fer-blanc, de terre cuite, de matière plastique, etc. 2. Partie creuse du chaume de graminée. 3. Bout creux de la plume des oiseaux, de la tige de leur plume. 4. Gros pli cylindrique qu’on fait à du linge, à une garniture de dentelle, de tulle ou de mousseline.
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 tuyau
- tuyaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuyau?
- /tɥi.jo/
- \tɥi.jo\
- [tɥi.jo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuyau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuyau in French?
tuyau appears 7.2 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).