sonnaille
French, noun\sɔ.naj\
sonnaille is spelled S-O-N-N-A-I-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonnaille is a French feminine noun meaning “cowbell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Clochette (moins lourde qu’une clarine) attachée au cou des bêtes, lorsqu’elles paissent ou qu’elles voyagent”.
What does sonnaille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecowbell
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Clochette (moins lourde qu’une clarine) attachée au cou des bêtes, lorsqu’elles paissent ou qu’elles voyagent. 2. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) 3. Un type d’instrument, dérivé de la forme de sonnailles utilisés dans l’élevage, donc sans battant.
adjective: 1. Se dit d’un animal qui porte une sonnaille.
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 sonnaille
- sonnailles plural
- sonnaillés plural masculine
- sonnaillée singular feminine
- sonnaillées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sonnaille?
- \sɔ.naj\
- \sɔ.nɑj\
- \sɔ.nɑ.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sonnaille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sonnaille in French?
sonnaille appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).