soleil
French, noun/sɔ.lɛj/
soleil is spelled S-O-L-E-I-L (6 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written French, the 770th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soleil is a French masculine noun meaning “sun (star)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoile qui donne la lumière et la chaleur à la Terre et aux autres planètes du système solaire”.
What does soleil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesun (star)
Il fait soleil.
- 2
masculinesunflower
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoile qui donne la lumière et la chaleur à la Terre et aux autres planètes du système solaire. 2. Les rayons lumineux de cet astre. 3. Zone éclairée ou réchauffée par le soleil. 4. Pièce d’artifice qui tourne autour d’un axe et jette des feux en forme de rayons.
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 soleil
- soleils plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soleil?
- /sɔ.lɛj/
- /so.lɛj/
- \sɔ.lɛj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soleil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soleil in French?
soleil appears 107 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).