villanelle
French, noun/vi.la.nɛl/
villanelle is spelled V-I-L-L-A-N-E-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Villanelle is a French feminine noun meaning “villanelle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de poésie à forme fixe”.
What does villanelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevillanelle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de poésie à forme fixe. 2. Air de musique fait pour être dansé ou pour être chanté.
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 villanelle
- villanelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce villanelle?
- /vi.la.nɛl/
- \vi.la.nɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is villanelle in French?
villanelle appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).