besicles
French, noun
besicles is spelled B-E-S-I-C-L-E-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besicles is a French feminine noun meaning “spectacles, glasses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bésicles is a different word: “alternative spelling of besicles”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lunettes sans branches qui se fixent au nez”.
What does besicles mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialdatedfemininespectacles, glasses
noun
- 1
colloquialdatedfemininealternative spelling of besicles
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lunettes sans branches qui se fixent au nez. 2. Vision, point de vue vieux et démodé.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de besicles.
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 besicles
- bésicles alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to besicles
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is besicles in French?
besicles appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).