shtetl
French, noun\ʃtɛtl\
shtetl is spelled S-H-T-E-T-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shtetl is a French masculine noun meaning “shtetl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bourgade juive d’Europe centrale”.
What does shtetl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshtetl
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bourgade juive d’Europe centrale.
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 shtetl
- shtetls plural
- schtetl alternative
- chtetl alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shtetl?
- \ʃtɛtl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shtetl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shtetl in French?
shtetl appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).