oreillons
French, noun/ɔ.ʁɛ.jɔ̃/
oreillons is spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-O-N-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oreillons is a French masculine noun meaning “mumps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Infection virale des glandes parotides provoquant des douleurs aux oreilles”.
What does oreillons mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemumps
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infection virale des glandes parotides provoquant des douleurs aux oreilles.
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.
How do you pronounce oreillons?
- /ɔ.ʁɛ.jɔ̃/
- /ɔ.ʁe.jɔ̃/
- \ɔ.ʁɛj.ɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oreillons
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oreillons in French?
oreillons appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).