pierrette
French, noun\pjɛ.ʁɛt\
pierrette is spelled P-I-E-R-R-E-T-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pierrette is a French feminine noun meaning “small stone; pebble (used in a children's game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite pierre. N’est plus guère usité que dans l’expression jouer à la pierrette (jeu d’enfants)”.
What does pierrette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineraresmall stone; pebble (used in a children's game)
- 2
datedfemininea type of white camisole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite pierre. N’est plus guère usité que dans l’expression jouer à la pierrette (jeu d’enfants). 2. Nom vulgaire de la femelle du moineau (genre Passer), plus spécialement du moineau domestique ou moineau franc (Passer domesticus Linnaeus, 1758). 3. Épouse du pierrot (personnage de carnaval). 4. Sorte de camisole blanche que les femmes portaient en négligé.
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 pierrette
- pierrettes plural
- pierrot masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pierrette?
- \pjɛ.ʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pierrette in French?
pierrette appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).