pétrel
French, noun/pe.tʁɛl/
pétrel is spelled P-É-T-R-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétrel is a French masculine noun meaning “petrel (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oiseau nageur de haute mer, au vol bas et rapide, dont la présence passe pour annoncer aux navigateurs…”.
What does pétrel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepetrel (bird)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oiseau nageur de haute mer, au vol bas et rapide, dont la présence passe pour annoncer aux navigateurs l’approche des tempêtes.
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 pétrel
- pétrels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétrel?
- /pe.tʁɛl/
- \pe.tʁɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pétrel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pétrel in French?
pétrel appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).