oseille
French, noun/o.zɛj/
oseille is spelled O-S-E-I-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oseille is a French feminine noun meaning “sorrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante potagère de la famille des Polygonacées d’un goût acide”.
What does oseille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesorrel
- 2
colloquialfemininedough, dosh, bread (money)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante potagère de la famille des Polygonacées d’un goût acide. 2. Argent.
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 oseille
- oseilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oseille?
- /o.zɛj/
- \ɔ.zɛj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oseille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oseille in French?
oseille appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).