pellicule
French, noun/pɛ.li.kyl/
pellicule is spelled P-E-L-L-I-C-U-L-E (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pellicule is a French feminine noun meaning “film, skin, thin layer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite peau, peau extrêmement mince et déliée”.
What does pellicule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefilm, skin, thin layer
une pellicule de neige
- 2
femininedandruff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite peau, peau extrêmement mince et déliée. 2. Cellule superficielle du cuir chevelu ayant desquamé. 3. Couche fine à la surface d’un liquide ou d’un solide. 4. Feuille souple, de matière plastique, sur laquelle se forme le négatif de l’image.
adjective: 1. Recouvert ou enrobé d’une pellicule. 2. Qui a des pellicules (dans les cheveux).
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 pellicule
- pellicules plural
- pelliculés plural masculine
- pelliculée singular feminine
- pelliculées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pellicule?
- /pɛ.li.kyl/
- /pe.li.kyl/
- \pɛ.li.kyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pellicule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pellicule in French?
pellicule appears 2.6 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).