taillable
French, noun/ta.jabl/
taillable is spelled T-A-I-L-L-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taillable is a French feminine noun meaning “someone required to pay the taille; a commoner taxpayer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roturier qui était soumis à la taille”.
What does taillable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rarecuttable; malleable
adjective
- 1
subject to the land tax of taille
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesomeone required to pay the taille; a commoner taxpayer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifiait les personnes qui étaient sujettes à l’impôt nommé taille. 2. Qualifiait les provinces et les villes dont les habitants étaient sujets à la taille. 3. Qualifiait les terres mêmes et les biens sur lesquels on imposait la taille, dans les pays de taille réelle. 4. Qualifie les personnes susceptibles de faire l’objet d’un prélèvement financier.
noun: 1. Roturier qui était soumis à la taille.
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 taillable
- taillables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taillable?
- /ta.jabl/
- /tɑ.jabl/
- \ta.jabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is taillable in French?
taillable appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).