patelle
French, noun/pa.tɛl/
patelle is spelled P-A-T-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patelle is a French feminine noun meaning “limpet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mollusque gastéropode prosobranche qui vit dans la zone de balancement des marées dont la coquille, en forme…”.
What does patelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelimpet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mollusque gastéropode prosobranche qui vit dans la zone de balancement des marées dont la coquille, en forme de chapeau chinois, est appliquée aux rochers.
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 patelle
- patelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patelle?
- /pa.tɛl/
- \pa.tɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patelle in French?
patelle appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).