hululement
French, noun/y.lyl.mɑ̃/
hululement is spelled H-U-L-U-L-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hululement is a French masculine noun meaning “hoot (the cry of an owl)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de ululement”.
What does hululement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehoot (the cry of an owl)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ululement.
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 hululement
- hululements plural
- ululement alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hululement?
- /y.lyl.mɑ̃/
- \y.lyl.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hululement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hululement in French?
hululement appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).