saillie
French, noun/sa.ji/
saillie is spelled S-A-I-L-L-I-E (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saillie is a French feminine noun meaning “projection, protrusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of sailli. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élan, mouvement soudain fait avec impétuosité”.
What does saillie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprojection, protrusion
- 2
femininespurt
- 3
femininesally, sortie
- 4
femininecopulation
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of sailli
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élan, mouvement soudain fait avec impétuosité. 2. Emportement, boutade, échappée. 3. Trait d’esprit brillant et inattendu qui éclate soudain soit dans la conversation, soit dans un ouvrage. 4. Éminence, bosse, qui avance du plan de surface d’un objet quelconque.
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 saillie
- saillies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saillie?
- /sa.ji/
- \sa.ji\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saillie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saillie in French?
saillie appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).