ouette
French, noun\wɛt\
ouette is spelled O-U-E-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouette is a French feminine noun meaning “One of various bird species of the family Anatidae intermediate between geese and shelducks; e.g. the Egyptian goose, ouette d'Egypte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire ambigu en français désignant diverses espèces d’oiseaux intermédiaires entre les oies et les…”.
What does ouette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineOne of various bird species of the family Anatidae intermediate between geese and shelducks; e.g. the Egyptian goose, ouette d'Egypte
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire ambigu en français désignant diverses espèces d’oiseaux intermédiaires entre les oies et les tadornes appartenant à la famille des Anatidae.
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 ouette
- ouettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouette?
- \wɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ouette in French?
ouette appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).