Polyglot Dictionary

maillet

/ma.jɛ/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les maillets

Meaning

  1. mallet

    • Il frappe le ciseau avec un maillet en bois.

      He strikes the chisel with a wooden mallet.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Holzhammer

Holzhammer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "mallet."

Spanish

mazo

mazo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mallet."

Practice

1 What does maillet mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il frappe le ciseau avec un ___ en bois.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches maillet?

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