traille
French, noun\tʁɑj\
traille is spelled T-R-A-I-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traille is a French feminine noun meaning “a cable along which a ferry is pulled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amarre reliée à un bac et pourvue d’une poulie mobile le long d’un câble établi au travers d’un cours d’eau”.
What does traille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea cable along which a ferry is pulled
- 2
feminineSuch a ferry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amarre reliée à un bac et pourvue d’une poulie mobile le long d’un câble établi au travers d’un cours d’eau. 2. Le câble de ce dispositif. 3. Le bac guidé par ce moyen.
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 traille
- trailles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce traille?
- \tʁɑj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is traille in French?
traille appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).