sillet
French, noun/si.jɛ/
sillet is spelled S-I-L-L-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sillet is a French masculine noun meaning “bridge, capotasto (on a stringed instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit morceau d’ivoire, d’ébène, etc., appliqué au haut du manche d’un violon, d’une guitare ou de tout autre…”.
What does sillet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebridge, capotasto (on a stringed instrument)
- 2
masculinethe nut
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit morceau d’ivoire, d’ébène, etc., appliqué au haut du manche d’un violon, d’une guitare ou de tout autre instrument à cordes et sur lequel portent les cordes.
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 sillet
- sillets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sillet?
- /si.jɛ/
- \si.jɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sillet in French?
sillet appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).