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ariette

French, noun/a.ʁjɛt/

ariette is a French feminine noun meaning “arietta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Air léger, d’un mouvement plus ou moins vif et marqué, qui s’adapte à des paroles”.

What does ariette mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininearietta

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Air léger, d’un mouvement plus ou moins vif et marqué, qui s’adapte à des paroles.

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 ariette

  • ariettes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ariette?

  • /a.ʁjɛt/
  • \a.ʁjɛt\
  • [a.ʁjɛt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is ariette in French?

ariette appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).