voilier
French, noun/vwa.lje/
voilier is spelled V-O-I-L-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voilier is a French masculine noun meaning “sailboat (a boat propelled by sails)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bateau à voile propulsé par le vent”.
What does voilier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesailboat (a boat propelled by sails)
- 2
masculinesailfish
noun
- 1
masculinesailmaker (profession)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Bien ou mal muni de voiles.
noun: 1. Bateau à voile propulsé par le vent. 2. Oiseau de mer qui pratique peu le vol battu, et souvent le vol plané. 3. Grand poisson osseux marin pélagique dont la première nageoire dorsale est très développée en forme de voile et la mâchoire supérieure prolongée comme chez les espadons. 4. Celui qui fait et raccommode les voiles des bâtiments.
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 voilier
- voiliers plural
- voilière feminine
- voilières plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voilier?
- /vwa.lje/
- \vwa.lje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voilier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voilier in French?
voilier appears 2.6 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).