palier
French, noun/pa.lje/
palier is spelled P-A-L-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palier is a French masculine noun meaning “bearing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organe utilisé en construction mécanique pour supporter et guider, en rotation, des arbres de transmission”.
What does palier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebearing
- 2
masculinelanding (on stairs)
- 3
masculineflat area; the flat, the level
- 4
masculinestage
adjective
- 1
landing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organe utilisé en construction mécanique pour supporter et guider, en rotation, des arbres de transmission. 2. Plate-forme aménagée dans un escalier ou dans une rampe au niveau des étages. 3. Parvis d’une demeure modeste. 4. Étape, degré dans une progression.
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport avec un palier, qui donne sur un palier.
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 palier
- paliers plural
- palière feminine
- palières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palier?
- /pa.lje/
- \pa.lje\
- [pa.lje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palier in French?
palier appears 4.3 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).