girelle
French, noun/ʒi.ʁɛl/
girelle is spelled G-I-R-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Girelle is a French feminine noun meaning “wrasse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le haut de l’arbre de la roue, dit aussi tête de roue, sur lequel on place le morceau de terre glaise pour en…”.
What does girelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewrasse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le haut de l’arbre de la roue, dit aussi tête de roue, sur lequel on place le morceau de terre glaise pour en faire un vase.
noun: 1. Une des espèces de poissons osseux marins, un labridé de l'océan Atlantique, l'océan Pacifique, l'océan Indien, la mer Méditerranée et de la mer Rouge, très colorés.
noun: 1. Jeune fille, jeune femme.
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 girelle
- girelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce girelle?
- /ʒi.ʁɛl/
- \ʒi.ʁɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to girelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is girelle in French?
girelle appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).