pastourelle
French, noun\pas.tu.ʁɛl\
pastourelle is spelled P-A-S-T-O-U-R-E-L-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastourelle is a French feminine noun meaning “A kind of poetry common in medieval France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of pastoureau. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “ou Jeune bergère”.
What does pastourelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of pastoureau
- 2
feminineA kind of poetry common in medieval France.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ou Jeune bergère. 2. Genre poétique du Moyen Âge. 3. Figure de danse, à l’origine quatrième figure du quadrille, qui remplaça la trénis en 1830. 4. Variété de châtaignes.
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 pastourelle
- pastourelles plural
- pastoureau masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastourelle?
- \pas.tu.ʁɛl\
- [pas.tu.ʁɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pastourelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pastourelle in French?
pastourelle appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).