rillette
French, noun/ʁi.jɛt/
rillette is spelled R-I-L-L-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rillette is a French feminine noun meaning “rillette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Viande de porc hachée menu et mêlée de graisse, dont on fait des conserves”.
What does rillette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerillette
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Viande de porc hachée menu et mêlée de graisse, dont on fait des conserves. 2. Viande ou chair de poisson hachée et mêlée de graisse, dont on fait des conserves.
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 rillette
- rillettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rillette?
- /ʁi.jɛt/
- \ʁi.jɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rillette in French?
rillette appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).