brindille
French, noun/bʁɛ̃.dij/
brindille is spelled B-R-I-N-D-I-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,843rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brindille is a French feminine noun meaning “twig, sprig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Branchette d’arbre mince et courte”.
What does brindille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetwig, sprig
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Branchette d’arbre mince et courte. 2. Brin, bout, petit morceau. 3. Belle fille mince et grande. 4. Fer plat travaillé de manière à faire des volutes et servant de décors sur grilles et les balcons en fer forgé.
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 brindille
- brindilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brindille?
- /bʁɛ̃.dij/
- \bʁɛ̃.dij\
- [bʁɛ̃dij]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brindille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brindille in French?
brindille appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).