majorette
French, noun\ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛt\
majorette is a French feminine noun meaning “majorette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeune fille qui défile en musique, habillée d'un costume de parade, et en manipulant une canne de…”.
What does majorette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemajorette
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeune fille qui défile en musique, habillée d'un costume de parade, et en manipulant une canne de tambour-major.
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 majorette
- majorettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce majorette?
- \ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to majorette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is majorette in French?
majorette appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).