ortolan
French, noun/ɔʁ.tɔ.lɑ̃/
ortolan is spelled O-R-T-O-L-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 97,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortolan is a French masculine noun meaning “ortolan bunting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit oiseau, commun dans le Midi de la France et dans les régions méditerranéennes, recherché pour la…”.
What does ortolan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineortolan bunting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit oiseau, commun dans le Midi de la France et dans les régions méditerranéennes, recherché pour la délicatesse de sa chair.
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 ortolan
- ortolans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ortolan?
- /ɔʁ.tɔ.lɑ̃/
- \ɔʁ.tɔ.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ortolan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ortolan in French?
ortolan appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).