talonnière
French, noun\ta.lɔ.njɛʁ\
talonnière is spelled T-A-L-O-N-N-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Talonnière is a French feminine noun meaning “One of a pair of talaria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des ailes que, selon la mythologie, Hermès/Mercure portait aux talons”.
What does talonnière mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineOne of a pair of talaria
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des ailes que, selon la mythologie, Hermès/Mercure portait aux talons.
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 talonnière
- talonnières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce talonnière?
- \ta.lɔ.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is talonnière in French?
talonnière appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).