pigeonnier
French, noun/pi.ʒɔ.nje/
pigeonnier is spelled P-I-G-E-O-N-N-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pigeonnier is a French masculine noun meaning “dovecote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Construction destinée à loger les pigeons domestiques”.
What does pigeonnier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedovecote
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Construction destinée à loger les pigeons domestiques. 2. Habitation élevée. 3. Boîte aux lettres ou un système de boîtes aux lettres collectif souvent utilisé dans un milieu administratif ou scolaire.
noun: 1. construction destinée à loger des pigéons
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 pigeonnier
- pigeonniers plural
- pigéonniers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pigeonnier?
- /pi.ʒɔ.nje/
- \pi.ʒɔ.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pigeonnier in French?
pigeonnier 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).