oreiller
French, noun/ɔ.ʁɛ.je/
oreiller is spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oreiller is a French masculine noun meaning “pillow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coussin qui sert à soutenir la tête quand on est couché”.
What does oreiller mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepillow
Near-synonym: coussin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coussin qui sert à soutenir la tête quand on est couché.
verb: 1. Entendre, écouter.
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 oreiller
- oreillers plural
- avoir oreillé infinitive past
- en oreillant gerund present
- en ayant oreillé gerund past
- oreillant participle present
- oreillé participle past
- j’oreille indicative present
- tu oreilles indicative present
- il/elle/on oreille indicative present
- nous oreillons indicative present
- vous oreillez indicative present
- ils/elles oreillent indicative present
- j’ai oreillé indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as oreillé indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a oreillé indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons oreillé indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez oreillé indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont oreillé indicative past multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oreiller?
- /ɔ.ʁɛ.je/
- /ɔ.ʁe.je/
- \ɔ.ʁɛ.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oreiller
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oreiller in French?
oreiller appears 4.1 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).