cilié
French, noun/si.lje/
cilié is spelled C-I-L-I-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cilié is a French masculine noun meaning “ciliate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Protozoaire membre du phylum des Ciliés, pourvu de cils vibratiles, et vivant dans des milieux liquides”.
What does cilié mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ciliated
noun
- 1
masculineciliate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d'une cellule qui porte sur le bord des cils vibratiles, qui lui permettent de se mouvoir. 2. Se dit d'un organe qui porte sur le bord des poils disposés en rang.
noun: 1. Protozoaire membre du phylum des Ciliés, pourvu de cils vibratiles, et vivant dans des milieux liquides.
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 cilié
- ciliée feminine
- ciliés masculine plural
- ciliées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cilié?
- /si.lje/
- \si.lje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cilié in French?
cilié appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).