oiselle
French, noun/wa.zɛl/
oiselle is spelled O-I-S-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oiselle is a French feminine noun meaning “a virgin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of oiseau (“bird”). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femelle oiseau”.
What does oiselle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of oiseau (“bird”)
- 2
feminineinformala virgin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femelle oiseau. 2. Jouvencelle, jeune fille dans la fleur de l’âge.
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 oiselle
- oiselles plural
- oiseau
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oiselle?
- /wa.zɛl/
- \wa.zɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oiselle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oiselle in French?
oiselle appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).