oreillard
French, noun\ɔ.ʁɛ.jaʁ\
oreillard is spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-A-R-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oreillard is a French masculine noun meaning “long-eared bat (of genus Plecotus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chauve-souris (Chiroptère) du genre Plecotus, de la famille des vespertilionidés, à oreilles démesurées et…”.
What does oreillard mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eared (having a specified type of ear)
noun
- 1
masculinelong-eared bat (of genus Plecotus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont les oreilles sont longues, basses, pendantes ou mal plantées. 2. Qui a de longues oreilles, comme les lapins.
noun: 1. Chauve-souris (Chiroptère) du genre Plecotus, de la famille des vespertilionidés, à oreilles démesurées et tragus apparent. 2. Toupet de plumes présent sur les oreillons des poules de race Araucana. 3. Lièvre.
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 oreillard
- oreillarde feminine
- oreillards masculine plural
- oreillardes feminine plural
- orillard
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oreillard?
- \ɔ.ʁɛ.jaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oreillard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oreillard in French?
oreillard appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).