piaillement
French, noun\pjɑj.mɑ̃\
piaillement is spelled P-I-A-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piaillement is a French masculine noun meaning “squawking, chirping, cheeping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de piailler : cri aigu, cri d’oiseau”.
What does piaillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquawking, chirping, cheeping
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de piailler : cri aigu, cri d’oiseau. 2. Bruit qui rappelle ce cri.
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 piaillement
- piaillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piaillement?
- \pjɑj.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piaillement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piaillement in French?
piaillement 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).