douillet
French, adjective/du.jɛ/
douillet is spelled D-O-U-I-L-L-E-T (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Douillet is a French adjective meaning “cosy, comfy, snug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est moelleux”.
What does douillet mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cosy, comfy, snug
- 2
colloquialderogatorysoft, oversensitive to pain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est moelleux. 2. Qualifie une personne trop délicate, qu’un rien incommode, qui est sensible à la plus légère douleur.
noun: 1. Personne douillette.
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 douillet
- douillette feminine
- douillets masculine plural
- douillettes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douillet?
- /du.jɛ/
- \du.jɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to douillet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is douillet in French?
douillet appears 1.4 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).