muselet
French, noun/myz.lɛ/
muselet is spelled M-U-S-E-L-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muselet is a French masculine noun meaning “a wire cage that is used to clamp the cork of bottles of champagne or similar sparkling wines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de cage en fil de fer dont on coiffe le bouchon des bouteilles de vin mousseux ou de bière et qui est…”.
What does muselet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea wire cage that is used to clamp the cork of bottles of champagne or similar sparkling wines
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de cage en fil de fer dont on coiffe le bouchon des bouteilles de vin mousseux ou de bière et qui est serrée au goulot.
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 muselet
- muselets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muselet?
- /myz.lɛ/
- \myz.lɛ\
- [myz.lɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muselet in French?
muselet appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).