oiselet
French, noun/waz.lɛ/
oiselet is spelled O-I-S-E-L-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oiselet is a French masculine noun meaning “young bird, baby bird, birdlet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit oiseau”.
What does oiselet mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineyoung bird, baby bird, birdlet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit oiseau. 2. Jeune oiseau. 3. Petite cible en forme d’oiseau, en haut d’un mât, pour le tir des archers. 4. Performance d’un joueur ou d’une joueuse qui réussit un coup sous le par.
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 oiselet
- oiselets plural
- oiselette
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oiselet?
- /waz.lɛ/
- \wa.zlɛ\
- [wa.zlɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oiselet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oiselet in French?
oiselet appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).