village
French, noun/vi.laʒ/
village is spelled V-I-L-L-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written French, the 1,060th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Village is a French masculine noun meaning “village” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe d’habitations rurales”.
What does village mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevillage
- 2
masculinetown, city
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe d’habitations rurales. 2. Hameau, groupement d'habitations et bâtiments ruraux distincts du bourg. 3. Ensemble des habitants d’un village. 4. Partie significative des habitants d’un village.
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 village
- villages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce village?
- /vi.laʒ/
- \vi.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to village
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is village in French?
village appears 79 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).