pie bavarde

\pi ba.vaʁd\

/\pi ba.vaʁd\/ noun

The verdict

“pie bavarde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de petit oiseau passereau de taille moyenne, d’Eurasie, du nord-ouest de l’Afrique et d’Amérique du Nord, pie au plumage noir et blanc.

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Index FR-pie-bavarde · pie bavarde · French

pie bavarde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for pie bavarde
PropertyValue
Headwordpie bavarde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi ba.vaʁd\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pie bavarde » en français

pie bavardesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pie bavarde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi ba.vaʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de petit oiseau passereau de taille moyenne, d’Eurasie, du nord-ouest de l’Afrique et d’Amérique du Nord, pie au plumage noir et blanc.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pie bavarde, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pie bavarde, spelled P-I-E- -B-A-V-A-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de petit oiseau passereau de taille moyenne, d’Eurasie, du nord-ouest de l’Afrique et d’Amérique du Nord, pie au plumage noir et blanc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pie bavarde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Linné avait classé la Pie bavarde dans le même genre Corvus en la nommant Corvus pica, mais les naturalistes ont considéré ensuite que les pies, tout en restant bien des corvidés, appartenaient à un genre différent, le genre Pica.
  2. Faune : oiseaux : accenteur mouchet, pinson des arbres, merle noir, rougequeue à front blanc, huppe fasciée, tourterelle des bois, chardonneret élégant, canard colvert, martin-pêcheur d’Europe, héron pourpré, fuligule milouinan, grand cormoran, étourneau sansonnet, pie bavarde, grèbe castagneux, bergeronnette grise, bergeronnette des ruisseaux, pouillot v…

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pie bavarde"?
"pie bavarde" is spelled P-I-E- -B-A-V-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pi ba.vaʁd\.
What does "pie bavarde" mean?
As a noun, "pie bavarde" means: Espèce de petit oiseau passereau de taille moyenne, d’Eurasie, du nord-ouest de l’Afrique et d’Amérique du Nord, pie au plumage noir et blanc.
How do you pronounce "pie bavarde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pie bavarde" is \pi ba.vaʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pie bavarde" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list