bip
French, noun
bip is spelled B-I-P (3 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bip is a French masculine noun meaning “beep (short, electronically-produced sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, BIP is a different word: “BIP (“blunt impact projectile”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Son, avertissement sonore bref”.
What does bip mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeep (short, electronically-produced sound)
noun
- 1
masculineBIP (“blunt impact projectile”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Son court et aigu.
noun: 1. Son, avertissement sonore bref. 2. Dispositif émettant ce son, en particulier les commandes d'ouverture et de verrouillage automatiques. 3. Dans un tournoi Suisse avec un nombre impair de joueurs, adversaire fictif perdant systématiquement face au joueur réel tiré au sort et demeuré seul après l’appariement.
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 bip
- bips plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bip
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bip in French?
bip appears 3.3 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).