écailleux
French, adjective/e.ka.jø/
écailleux is spelled É-C-A-I-L-L-E-U-X (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Écailleux is a French adjective meaning “scaly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a des écailles”.
What does écailleux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scaly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a des écailles. 2. Susceptible de se détacher par écailles. 3. Qui présente des plaques minces.
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire du champignon appelé hydne imbriqué.
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 écailleux
- écailleuse feminine
- écailleuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce écailleux?
- /e.ka.jø/
- /e.kɑ.jø/
- \e.ka.jø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to écailleux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is écailleux in French?
écailleux appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).