bissel
French, noun/bi.sɛl/
bissel is spelled B-I-S-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bissel is a French masculine noun meaning “bogie (structure with axles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Essieu porteur venant en complément des essieux moteurs pour répartir la masse d'une locomotive sur les rails”.
What does bissel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebogie (structure with axles)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Essieu porteur venant en complément des essieux moteurs pour répartir la masse d'une locomotive sur les rails.
noun: 1. Balai mécanique dont les roulettes actionnent des brosses cylindriques auxquelles sont parfois adjointes des brosses circulaires pour aller au plus près des murs.
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 bissel
- bissels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bissel?
- /bi.sɛl/
- \bi.sɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bissel in French?
bissel appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).