chapelet
French, noun/ʃa.plɛ/
chapelet is spelled C-H-A-P-E-L-E-T (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chapelet is a French masculine noun meaning “rosary, prayer beads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couronne de roses, de fleurs”.
What does chapelet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoletewreath (of flowers)
- 2
masculinerosary, prayer beads
- 3
masculinestring, hatful (of objects, ideas etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couronne de roses, de fleurs. 2. Rosaire, collier de grains enfilés, sur lesquels les croyants comptent les prières qu’ils récitent. 3. Succession de prières offertes. 4. Suite d’objets attachés ensemble.
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 chapelet
- chapelets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chapelet?
- /ʃa.plɛ/
- \ʃa.plɛ\
- [ʃa.plɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chapelet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chapelet in French?
chapelet appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).