patouille
French, noun/pa.tuj/
patouille is spelled P-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patouille is a French feminine noun meaning “mud, muck, mire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boue, gadoue”.
What does patouille mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmud, muck, mire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Boue, gadoue. 2. Mer. 3. Patouillet. 4. Préparation culinaire.
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 patouille
- patouilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patouille?
- /pa.tuj/
- \pa.tuj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patouille in French?
patouille appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).