fillette
French, noun/fi.jɛt/
fillette is spelled F-I-L-L-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fillette is a French feminine noun meaning “a little girl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite fille, enfant du sexe ou genre féminin qui n’est plus un bébé sans être pubère”.
What does fillette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea little girl
- 2
femininea little daughter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite fille, enfant du sexe ou genre féminin qui n’est plus un bébé sans être pubère. 2. Terme injurieux et méprisant adressé à un homme dont on conteste la virilité.
noun: 1. Petite bouteille d’une contenance de 25 ou 37.5 cl. 2. Contenu de cette bouteille.
noun: 1. Pied. Note d’usage : précédé de la pointure de la chaussure. 2. Unité de pointure.
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 fillette
- fillettes plural
- garçonnet masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fillette?
- /fi.jɛt/
- \fi.jɛt\
- [fi.jɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fillette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fillette in French?
fillette appears 6.6 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).