bisaïeul
French, noun/bi.za.jœl/
bisaïeul is spelled B-I-S-A-Ï-E-U-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisaïeul is a French masculine noun meaning “great-grandparent; great-grandfather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arrière-grand-père du côté paternel ou maternel”.
What does bisaïeul mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreat-grandparent; great-grandfather
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arrière-grand-père du côté paternel ou maternel.
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 bisaïeul
- bisaïeux plural
- bisaïeuls plural
- bisaïeule feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bisaïeul?
- /bi.za.jœl/
- \bi.za.jœl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bisaïeul in French?
bisaïeul appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).