volière
French, noun/vɔ.ljɛʁ/
volière is spelled V-O-L-I-È-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volière is a French feminine noun meaning “aviary, birdhouse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de grande cage où l’on nourrit des oiseaux pour son plaisir”.
What does volière mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaviary, birdhouse
- 2
femininebirdcage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de grande cage où l’on nourrit des oiseaux pour son plaisir. 2. Réduit entouré de grillages où l’on nourrit des pigeons, des faisans.
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 volière
- volières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce volière?
- /vɔ.ljɛʁ/
- \vɔ.ljɛʁ\
- \vɔ.ˈljɛ.ʁə\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to volière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is volière in French?
volière appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).