pinnule
French, noun\pi.nyl\
pinnule is spelled P-I-N-N-U-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinnule is a French feminine noun meaning “pinnule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite nageoire ou organe remplissant la même fonction”.
What does pinnule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepinnule
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite nageoire ou organe remplissant la même fonction. 2. Division ultime des folioles d'une feuille chez les fougères. 3. Petite plaque de cuivre, élevée perpendiculairement à chaque extrémité d’une alidade et percée d’un petit trou ou d’une petite fente pour laisser passer les rayons lumineux ou les rayons visuels.
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 pinnule
- pinnules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pinnule?
- \pi.nyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pinnule in French?
pinnule appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).