draille
French, noun/dʁaj/
draille is spelled D-R-A-I-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Draille is a French feminine noun meaning “droveway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chemin, sentier, piste”.
What does draille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedroveway
- 2
femininea cable along which a ferry is pulled
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chemin, sentier, piste. 2. Chemin de transhumance pour les ovins. 3. Chemin suivi par le bétail. 4. Bac glissant le long d’un câble.
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 draille
- drailles plural
- draye
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce draille?
- /dʁaj/
- /dʁɑj/
- \dʁaj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is draille in French?
draille appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).