cordelle
French, noun/kɔʁ.dɛl/
cordelle is spelled C-O-R-D-E-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cordelle is a French feminine noun meaning “towline, towrope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corde de moyenne grosseur dont on se sert pour le halage des navires, des bateaux”.
What does cordelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetowline, towrope
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Corde de moyenne grosseur dont on se sert pour le halage des navires, des bateaux.
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 cordelle
- cordelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cordelle?
- /kɔʁ.dɛl/
- \kɔʁ.dɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cordelle in French?
cordelle appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).