dentelé
French, adjective/dɑ̃t.le/
dentelé is spelled D-E-N-T-E-L-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dentelé is a French adjective meaning “jagged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont le bord est découpé en dents irrégulières”.
What does dentelé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
jagged
- 2
indented
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont le bord est découpé en dents irrégulières. 2. Dont le bord est découpé en petites dents fines et serrées. 3. Caractérisé par de petits pans alignés et serrés.
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 dentelé
- dentelée feminine
- dentelés masculine plural
- dentelées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dentelé?
- /dɑ̃t.le/
- \dɑ̃.tə.le\
- \dɑ̃.tle\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dentelé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dentelé in French?
dentelé appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).