folle
French, noun/fɔl/
folle is spelled F-O-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 3,067th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Folle is a French feminine noun meaning “madwoman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fou. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Filet à larges mailles, tendu lâche”.
What does folle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemadwoman
- 2
feminineslangqueen (male homosexual)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fou
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Filet à larges mailles, tendu lâche. 2. Essoreuse centrifuge utilisée dans l’industrie textile. On la nomme aussi panier à salade. 3. Femme atteinte de folie. 4. ou Homosexuel ; le plus souvent, homosexuel efféminé, éventuellement parodique, voire travesti.
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 folle
- folles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce folle?
- /fɔl/
- \fɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to folle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is folle in French?
folle appears 26 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).