Paloise
French, noun
Paloise is spelled P-A-L-O-I-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 90,544th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paloise is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Palois; female native or inhabitant of the city of Pau, the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, paloise is a different word: “feminine singular of palois”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante de Pau, commune française située dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques”.
What does Paloise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Palois; female native or inhabitant of the city of Pau, the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of palois
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante de Pau, commune française située dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 Paloise
- Paloises plural
- Palois masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Paloise in French?
Paloise appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).