oreillette
French, noun/ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt/
oreillette is spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-E-T-T-E (10 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oreillette is a French feminine noun meaning “earphone (transducer, earpiece or headphone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des deux cavités du cœur qui sont placées au-dessus des deux ventricules”.
What does oreillette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineearphone (transducer, earpiece or headphone)
- 2
feminineauricle (part of the heart)
- 3
feminineasarabacca, European wild ginger (Asarum europaeum)
- 4
femininebeignet, fritter
- 5
femininean oreillette (ear-covering on a medieval helmet, civilian hood, etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des deux cavités du cœur qui sont placées au-dessus des deux ventricules. 2. Écouteur discret, placé dans le pavillon de l’oreille. 3. Genre de beignet composé d’une pâte frite très fine et croustillante, saupoudrée de sucre. 4. Asarum europaeum ^([1]), l’asaret d’Europe (plante herbacée).
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 oreillette
- oreillettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oreillette?
- /ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt/
- /ɔ.ʁe.jɛt/
- \ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oreillette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oreillette in French?
oreillette appears 1.7 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).