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trisaïeul

French, noun/tʁi.za.jœl/

trisaïeul is a French masculine noun meaning “great-great-grandparent; great-great-grandfather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Père du bisaïeul ou de la bisaïeule”.

What does trisaïeul mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegreat-great-grandparent; great-great-grandfather

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Père du bisaïeul ou de la bisaïeule.

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 trisaïeul

  • trisaïeux plural
  • trisaïeuls plural
  • trisaïeule feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce trisaïeul?

  • /tʁi.za.jœl/
  • \tʁi.za.jœl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is trisaïeul in French?

trisaïeul appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).