piaule
French, noun
piaule is spelled P-I-A-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piaule is a French feminine noun meaning “pad, place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of piauler. With an accent, piaulé is a different word: “past participle of piauler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chambre”.
What does piaule mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininepad, place
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of piauler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chambre. 2. Logement de très petite taille. 3. Maison, bicoque, endroit où une personne réside.
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 piaule
- piaules plural
- piaulée feminine
- piaulés masculine plural
- piaulées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to piaule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piaule in French?
piaule 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).