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odalisque

French, noun/ɔ.da.lisk/

odalisque is spelled O-D-A-L-I-S-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Odalisque is a French feminine noun meaning “odalisque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme de chambre ou esclave qui était au service des femmes d'un harem”.

What does odalisque mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineodalisque

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Femme de chambre ou esclave qui était au service des femmes d'un harem. 2. Femme d'un harem, un des thèmes favoris de la peinture orientaliste où elle est généralement représentée allongée, nue ou peu vêtue. 3. Courtisane, maîtresse. 4. Libellule dont une espèce eurasiatique vit en Grèce, à Chypre, en Turquie, jusqu'au Cachemire à l'est.

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 odalisque

  • odalisques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce odalisque?

  • /ɔ.da.lisk/
  • \ɔ.da.lisk\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to odalisque

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is odalisque in French?

odalisque appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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