voyelle
French, noun/vwa.jɛl/
voyelle is spelled V-O-Y-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voyelle is a French feminine noun meaning “vowel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Son de la voix produit par la vibration du larynx modifiée par l’ouverture plus ou moins grande de la bouche”.
What does voyelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevowel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Son de la voix produit par la vibration du larynx modifiée par l’ouverture plus ou moins grande de la bouche. 2. Lettre de l’alphabet qui représente ce son, qu’il est possible de prononcer isolément. 3. Voyeuse, en particulier quand il s’agit d’une voyeuse à genoux, c’est-à-dire pour dames.
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 voyelle
- voyelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voyelle?
- /vwa.jɛl/
- \vwa.jɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voyelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voyelle in French?
voyelle appears 2.1 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).