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bipède

French, noun/bi.pɛd/

bipède is spelled B-I-P-È-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 64,346th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bipède is a French masculine noun meaning “biped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal qui marche sur deux pattes, plus spécifiquement les êtres humains”.

What does bipède mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bipedal

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebiped

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est soutenu par deux pieds.

noun: 1. Animal qui marche sur deux pattes, plus spécifiquement les êtres humains. 2. Ensemble de deux jambes d'un cheval

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 bipède

  • bipèdes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bipède?

  • /bi.pɛd/
  • \bi.pɛd\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bipède

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bipède in French?

bipède appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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