mouillette
French, noun/mu.jɛt/
mouillette is spelled M-O-U-I-L-L-E-T-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouillette is a French feminine noun meaning “soldier (piece of bread to dip into a boiled egg)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit morceau de pain long et mince au beurre qu’on trempe dans les œufs à la coque”.
What does mouillette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesoldier (piece of bread to dip into a boiled egg)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit morceau de pain long et mince au beurre qu’on trempe dans les œufs à la coque. 2. Fait de se mouiller, de s’impliquer et donc de prendre des risques.
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 mouillette
- mouillettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouillette?
- /mu.jɛt/
- \mu.jɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mouillette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mouillette in French?
mouillette 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).