gélinotte
French, noun/ʒe.li.nɔt/
gélinotte is spelled G-É-L-I-N-O-T-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gélinotte is a French feminine noun meaning “grouse (one of a number species of grouse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oiseau sauvage, gallinacé de la taille d’une perdrix et dont la chair est fort délicate”.
What does gélinotte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrouse (one of a number species of grouse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de gélinotte.
noun: 1. Oiseau sauvage, gallinacé de la taille d’une perdrix et dont la chair est fort délicate. 2. 'Gélinotte huppée' 3. 'Gélinotte des bois' 4. 'Gélinotte de Severtzov'
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 gélinotte
- gélinottes plural
- gelinottes plural
- gelinotte
- gélinette
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gélinotte?
- /ʒe.li.nɔt/
- \ʒe.li.nɔt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gélinotte in French?
gélinotte appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).