sentinelle
French, noun/sɑ̃.ti.nɛl/
sentinelle is spelled S-E-N-T-I-N-E-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentinelle is a French feminine noun meaning “sentinel, sentry, guard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat qui fait le guet pour la garde d’un camp, d’une place, d’un palais, etc”.
What does sentinelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesentinel, sentry, guard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat qui fait le guet pour la garde d’un camp, d’une place, d’un palais, etc. 2. Fonction de la sentinelle. 3. Personne ou chose qui tient lieu, est à l’image de la fonction d’une sentinelle militaire. 4. Genre d’oiseau de la famille des motacillidés, du genre Macronyx.
noun: 1. Peuple autochtone des îles Andaman dans l’Océan Indien.
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 sentinelle
- sentinelles plural
- sentinel
- Sentinelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentinelle?
- /sɑ̃.ti.nɛl/
- \sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\
- [sɑ̃.ti.nɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sentinelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentinelle in French?
sentinelle appears 2.1 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).