oiseau
French, noun/wa.zo/
oiseau is spelled O-I-S-E-A-U (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oiseau is a French masculine noun meaning “bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal vertébré théropode, à deux pattes et deux ailes, ovipare, homéotherme, au corps couvert de plumes et…”.
What does oiseau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebird
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal vertébré théropode, à deux pattes et deux ailes, ovipare, homéotherme, au corps couvert de plumes et qui possède un bec corné dépourvu de dents. 2. Oiseau de proie. 3. Individu extravagant. 4. Exercice de tir où l’on abat d’un coup de fusil ou d’un coup de flèche la figure d’un oiseau attachée au haut d’une perche.
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 oiseau
- oiseaux plural
- oiselle feminine
- ouéseau alternative Quebec
- z-oiseau alternative
- zozo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oiseau?
- /wa.zo/
- /zwa.zo/
- \wa.zo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oiseau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oiseau in French?
oiseau appears 20 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).