caillasse
French, noun
caillasse is spelled C-A-I-L-L-A-S-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caillasse is a French feminine noun meaning “Loose stones, gravel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cailler. With an accent, caillassé is a different word: “past participle of caillasser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couche de marne caillouteuse que l’on trouve dans les carrières de pierres”.
What does caillasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineLoose stones, gravel
verb
- 1
first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cailler
verb
- 1
past participle of caillasser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couche de marne caillouteuse que l’on trouve dans les carrières de pierres. 2. Pierre meulière cassée et utilisée entre autres pour l'empierrement des routes. 3. Amas de cailloux (au féminin). 4. Caillou (au masculin).
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 caillasse
- caillasses plural
- caillassée feminine
- caillassés masculine plural
- caillassées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is caillasse in French?
caillasse appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).