tiercelet
French, noun\tjɛʁ.sə.lɛ\
tiercelet is spelled T-I-E-R-C-E-L-E-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiercelet is a French masculine noun meaning “tercelet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oiseau de proie mâle, ainsi nommé parce qu’il est d’un tiers plus petit que la femelle”.
What does tiercelet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetercelet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oiseau de proie mâle, ainsi nommé parce qu’il est d’un tiers plus petit que la femelle. 2. Faucon mâle.
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 tiercelet
- tiercelets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiercelet?
- \tjɛʁ.sə.lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tiercelet in French?
tiercelet appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).