huile
French, noun
huile is spelled H-U-I-L-E (5 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written French, the 2,120th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Huile is a French feminine noun meaning “oil (liquid fat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of huiler. With an accent, huilé is a different word: “past participle of huiler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corps gras d’origine végétale ou animale utilisé dans plusieurs domaines de l’alimentation, des arts, de…”.
What does huile mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoil (liquid fat)
- 2
femininebig gun, big cheese (person of consequence)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of huiler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Corps gras d’origine végétale ou animale utilisé dans plusieurs domaines de l’alimentation, des arts, de l’industrie, de la médecine, etc. 2. Peinture fabriqué avec un liant à base d’huile. 3. Œuvre d’art réalisée à l’aide d’une peinture à l’huile. 4. Lubrifiant.
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 huile
- huiles plural
- huilée feminine
- huilés masculine plural
- huilées feminine plural
- ^((h muet))\ɥil\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to huile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is huile in French?
huile appears 39 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).