iule
French, noun/jyl/
iule is spelled I-U-L-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iule is a French masculine noun meaning “millipede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Myriapode représentant le type de la famille des iulidés, au corps allongé, qui vit dans les feuilles mortes…”.
What does iule mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemillipede
- 2
masculinecatkin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Myriapode représentant le type de la famille des iulidés, au corps allongé, qui vit dans les feuilles mortes et les végétaux en décomposition dont il se nourrit. 2. Chaton de certaines plantes. Le chaton regroupe les fleurs mâles produisant le pollen.
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 iule
- iules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iule?
- /jyl/
- \jyl\
- \ˈjy.lə\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to iule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iule in French?
iule appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).