bergeronnette
French, noun/bɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ.nɛt/
bergeronnette is spelled B-E-R-G-E-R-O-N-N-E-T-T-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bergeronnette is a French feminine noun meaning “wagtail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom de 14 espèces de petits passereaux à la forme fine très élégante et à longue queue, qui font partie de la…”.
What does bergeronnette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewagtail
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom de 14 espèces de petits passereaux à la forme fine très élégante et à longue queue, qui font partie de la famille des motacillidés et constituent le genre Motacilla, sauf la bergeronnette de forêt (Dendronanthus indicus), qui constitue le genre monospécifique Dendronanthus de cette même famille. 2. Petite bergère.
noun: 1. Habitante de Bergères-lès-Vertus, commune française située dans le département de la Marne.
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 bergeronnette
- bergeronnettes plural
- Bergeronnettes plural
- Bergeronnet masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bergeronnette?
- /bɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ.nɛt/
- \bɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ.nɛt\
- [bɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ.nɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bergeronnette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bergeronnette in French?
bergeronnette appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).