calypso
French, noun\ka.li.pso\
calypso is spelled C-A-L-Y-P-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calypso is a French masculine noun meaning “calypso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse à deux temps originaire de Trinité-et-Tobago”.
What does calypso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalypso
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse à deux temps originaire de Trinité-et-Tobago. 2. Musique de type antillais qui accompagne cette danse.
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 calypso
- calypsos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calypso?
- \ka.li.pso\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calypso in French?
calypso appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).