zellige
French, noun\zɛ.liʒ\
zellige is spelled Z-E-L-L-I-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zellige is a French masculine noun meaning “zellige” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carreau de faïence émaillé utilisé dans l’art maghrébin de la mosaïque”.
What does zellige mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezellige
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carreau de faïence émaillé utilisé dans l’art maghrébin de la mosaïque. 2. La mosaïque en elle-même.
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 zellige
- zelliges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zellige?
- \zɛ.liʒ\
- [zɛ.liʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zellige in French?
zellige appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).