piétaille
French, noun/pje.taj/
piétaille is spelled P-I-É-T-A-I-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piétaille is a French feminine noun meaning “pedestrians (in a group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Infanterie”.
What does piétaille mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicderogatoryfemininefoot soldiers; infantry
- 2
derogatoryfemininepedestrians (in a group)
- 3
femininepeople of low rank or status
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infanterie. 2. Groupe de piétons. 3. Personnes de condition modeste, subalterne.
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 piétaille
- piétailles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piétaille?
- /pje.taj/
- \pje.taj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piétaille in French?
piétaille appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).