carpien
French, adjective/kaʁ.pjɛ̃/
carpien is spelled C-A-R-P-I-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carpien is a French adjective meaning “carpal (any of the eight bones of the wrist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient au carpe, au poignet”.
What does carpien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carpal (any of the eight bones of the wrist)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient au carpe, au poignet.
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 carpien
- carpienne feminine
- carpiens masculine plural
- carpiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carpien?
- /kaʁ.pjɛ̃/
- \kaʁ.pjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carpien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carpien in French?
carpien appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).