homélie
French, noun/ɔ.me.li/
homélie is spelled H-O-M-É-L-I-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Homélie is a French feminine noun meaning “homily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Discours expliquant les matières de la religion, et principalement l’évangile, en particulier après la…”.
What does homélie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehomily
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Discours expliquant les matières de la religion, et principalement l’évangile, en particulier après la lecture de l’évangile. 2. Certaines leçons du bréviaire qui sont des extraits des homélies des pères, et qu’on chante au troisième nocturne des matines. 3. Ouvrage d’esprit, discours où se montre l’affectation de moraliser et qui cause de l’ennui.
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 homélie
- homélies plural
- ^((h muet))\ɔ.me.li\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homélie?
- /ɔ.me.li/
- ^((h muet))\ɔ.me.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to homélie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is homélie in French?
homélie appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).