bec-de-lièvre
French, noun/bɛk.də.ljɛvʁ/
bec-de-lièvre is a French masculine noun meaning “cleft lip; harelip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Difformité congénitale qui consiste à avoir la lèvre supérieure fendue, avec parfois prolongation jusqu’au…”.
What does bec-de-lièvre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecleft lip; harelip
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Difformité congénitale qui consiste à avoir la lèvre supérieure fendue, avec parfois prolongation jusqu’au palais. Fente labio-palatine. 2. Personne affligée de cette difformité.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de bec-de-lièvre.
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 bec-de-lièvre
- becs-de-lièvre plural
- bec de lièvre
- becs de lièvre plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bec-de-lièvre?
- /bɛk.də.ljɛvʁ/
- \bɛk də ljɛvʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bec-de-lièvre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.