ailette
French, noun/ɛ.lɛt/
ailette is spelled A-I-L-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ailette is a French feminine noun meaning “small wing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite aile ajoutée à un corps de bâtiment”.
What does ailette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall wing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite aile ajoutée à un corps de bâtiment. 2. Prolongement des cordages de l’arrière d’un vaisseau. 3. Saillie circulaire d’un radiateur destinée à augmenter la surface de refroidissement. 4. Toute pièce mécanique qui ressemble à une petite aile, qui a pour fonction de brasser un fluide (air, eau, etc.), d'être mu par celui-ci, de transférer de la chaleur à celui-ci ou d’en recevoir.
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 ailette
- ailettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ailette?
- /ɛ.lɛt/
- /e.lɛt/
- \ɛ.lɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ailette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ailette in French?
ailette appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).