goélette
French, noun/ɡɔ.e.lɛt/
goélette is spelled G-O-É-L-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Goélette is a French feminine noun meaning “schooner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hirondelle de mer, sterne pierregarin”.
What does goélette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineschooner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hirondelle de mer, sterne pierregarin. 2. Navire léger à deux mâts, à gréement aurique ou bermudien et jaugeant de cinquante à deux-cents tonneaux. 3. Camionnette aménagée pour le transport de personnes. (Par antonomase du nom d'un véhicule utilitaire fabriqué par Renault de 1959 à 1965.)
noun: 1. Variante de goélette.
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 goélette
- goélettes plural
- goëlette
- goëlettes plural
- goélette
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce goélette?
- /ɡɔ.e.lɛt/
- \ɡɔ.e.lɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to goélette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is goélette in French?
goélette appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).