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dentelure

French, noun/dɑ̃t.lyʁ/

dentelure is a French feminine noun meaning “serration (of leaf); perforation (of stamp)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bord dentelé”.

What does dentelure mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineserration (of leaf); perforation (of stamp)

  2. 2

    femininejagged outline (of mountain etc.)

  3. 3

    feminineserration

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bord dentelé.

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 dentelure

  • dentelures plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dentelure?

  • /dɑ̃t.lyʁ/
  • \dɑ̃.tlyʁ\
  • \dɑ̃.tə.lyʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to dentelure

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is dentelure in French?

dentelure appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).