voussoir
French, noun/vu.swaʁ/
voussoir is spelled V-O-U-S-S-O-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voussoir is a French masculine noun meaning “voussoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des pierres qui forment le cintre d’une voûte, d’un arc ou même la structure d'un tunnel construit…”.
What does voussoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevoussoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des pierres qui forment le cintre d’une voûte, d’un arc ou même la structure d'un tunnel construit par un tunnelier. 2. Éléments préfabriqués utilisés pour la réalisation d’un tablier de pont.
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 voussoir
- voussoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voussoir?
- /vu.swaʁ/
- \vu.swaʁ\
- [vu.swaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is voussoir in French?
voussoir appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).