tulle
French, noun/tyl/
tulle is spelled T-U-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tulle is a French masculine noun meaning “tulle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tissu mince, léger et transparent, en coton, soie ou matière synthétique, qui s’emploie pour réaliser des…”.
What does tulle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetulle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tissu mince, léger et transparent, en coton, soie ou matière synthétique, qui s’emploie pour réaliser des rideaux, des voilages, des toilettes raffinées.
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 tulle
- tulles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tulle?
- /tyl/
- \tyl\
- [tyl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tulle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tulle in French?
tulle appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).