œillette
French, noun\œ.jɛt\
œillette is spelled Œ-I-L-L-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Œillette is a French feminine noun meaning “a type of poppy (Papaver setigerum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire de Papaver setigerum, espèce de pavot, cultivé, plante herbacée annuelle à feuilles simples…”.
What does œillette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea type of poppy (Papaver setigerum)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de Papaver setigerum, espèce de pavot, cultivé, plante herbacée annuelle à feuilles simples, aux fleurs en coupe à quatre pétales rose-pourpre et tachés, dont les fruits sont des capsules et dont les graines oléagineuses fournissent une huile utilisée – entre autres – par les peintres
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 œillette
- œillettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce œillette?
- \œ.jɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is œillette in French?
œillette appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).