daouli
\da.u.li\
The verdict
“daouli” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument à percussion de type membranophone similaire au davul turc, qui est un élément essentiel de la musique grecque traditionnelle contemporaine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-daouli · daouli · French
daouli · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daouli |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.u.li\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
daouli is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.u.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument à percussion de type membranophone similaire au davul turc, qui est un élément essentiel de la musique grecque traditionnelle contemporaine.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for daouli in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is daouli, spelled D-A-O-U-L-I.
Definition
- 1Instrument à percussion de type membranophone similaire au davul turc, qui est un élément essentiel de la musique grecque traditionnelle contemporaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how daouli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En grand secret, je suis allé trouver Manolis Lambrakis, qui jouait bien de la lyre crétoise, Giorgos Christodoulakis, qui caressait la mandoline et Apostolos Moundourakis, qui battait du daouli.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.