situle
French, noun/si.tyl/
situle is spelled S-I-T-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Situle is a French feminine noun meaning “a kind of bronze vase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de récipient généralement muni d’une anse, souvent en bronze, qu’on trouve notamment en Europe, de l'âge…”.
What does situle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea kind of bronze vase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type de récipient généralement muni d’une anse, souvent en bronze, qu’on trouve notamment en Europe, de l'âge du fer au Moyen Âge.
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 situle
- situles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce situle?
- /si.tyl/
- \si.tyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is situle in French?
situle appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).