pétiole
French, noun/pe.sjɔl/
pétiole is a French masculine noun meaning “leafstalk, petiole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie rétrécie de certaines feuilles unissant le limbe à la tige”.
What does pétiole mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleafstalk, petiole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie rétrécie de certaines feuilles unissant le limbe à la tige. 2. Chez les hyménoptères apocrites comme les guêpes et les fourmis, deuxième segment de l'abdomen fortement rétréci. Il peut être simple, double ou en forme d'écaille. 3. Tige de suspension des nids de guêpes et de frelons.
adjective: 1. Qui est porté par un pétiole.
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 pétiole
- pétioles plural
- pétiolés plural masculine
- pétiolée singular feminine
- pétiolées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétiole?
- /pe.sjɔl/
- \pe.sjɔl\
- [pe.tjɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pétiole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pétiole in French?
pétiole appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).