cuillère
French, noun/kɥi.jɛʁ/
cuillère is spelled C-U-I-L-L-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuillère is a French feminine noun meaning “spoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ustensile de table formé d’un manche et d’un cuilleron dont on se sert ordinairement pour manger le potage et…”.
What does cuillère mean in English?
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ustensile de table formé d’un manche et d’un cuilleron dont on se sert ordinairement pour manger le potage et d’autres aliments liquides ou de peu de consistance. 2. Ustensile de cuisine servant à préparer différents aliments. 3. Unité de mesure utilisée en cuisine pour préparer différents aliments. 4. Ustensiles de forme identique dont on fait usage dans certains métiers ou loisirs.
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 cuillère
- cuillères plural
- cuiller alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuillère?
- /kɥi.jɛʁ/
- \kɥi.jɛʁ\
- [yn kɥi.jɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuillère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuillère in French?
cuillère appears 5.1 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).