voilette
French, noun\vwa.lɛt\
voilette is spelled V-O-I-L-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voilette is a French feminine noun meaning “veil (on a hat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit voile que les femmes portent sur le visage”.
What does voilette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineveil (on a hat)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit voile que les femmes portent sur le visage. 2. Obstacle qui altère la vue ou la vision. 3. Nom donné par les pêcheurs à Sialis lutaria, insecte utilisé pour la pêche à la mouche.
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 voilette
- voilettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voilette?
- \vwa.lɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is voilette in French?
voilette appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).