calepin
French, noun/kal.pɛ̃/
calepin is spelled C-A-L-E-P-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calepin is a French masculine noun meaning “notebook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carnet de poche où l’on note des indications, des renseignements, des impressions, etc”.
What does calepin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenotebook
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carnet de poche où l’on note des indications, des renseignements, des impressions, etc. 2. Dessin représentant le travail à exécuter, sur lequel les dimensions de chaque pierre sont indiquées. 3. Cartable.
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 calepin
- calepins plural
- calpin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calepin?
- /kal.pɛ̃/
- \kal.pɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calepin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calepin in French?
calepin appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).