aïeule
French, noun/a.jœl/
aïeule is spelled A-Ï-E-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 71,364th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aïeule is a French feminine noun meaning “grandmother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand-mère”.
What does aïeule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrandmother
- 2
feminineforemother, ancestress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand-mère. 2. Vieille femme, vieillarde.
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 aïeule
- aïeules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aïeule?
- /a.jœl/
- \a.jœl\
- [a.jœl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aïeule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aïeule in French?
aïeule appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).