bartavelle
French, noun/baʁ.ta.vɛl/
bartavelle is spelled B-A-R-T-A-V-E-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bartavelle is a French feminine noun meaning “rock partridge (of species Alectoris graeca)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce d’oiseau proche de la perdrix rouge, plus grosse que les perdrix ordinaires, de la famille des…”.
What does bartavelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerock partridge (of species Alectoris graeca)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce d’oiseau proche de la perdrix rouge, plus grosse que les perdrix ordinaires, de la famille des Phasianidae, de nom scientifique Alectoris graeca. 2. Sorte de filet, nasse de jonc. 3. Personne très bavarde.
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 bartavelle
- bartavelles plural
- bertavelle
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bartavelle?
- /baʁ.ta.vɛl/
- \baʁ.ta.vɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bartavelle in French?
bartavelle appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).