clampin
French, noun/klɑ̃.pɛ̃/
clampin is spelled C-L-A-M-P-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clampin is a French masculine noun meaning “laggard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui traine derrière un groupe et en ralentit la marche”.
What does clampin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelaggard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui traine derrière un groupe et en ralentit la marche. 2. Paresseux, cossard, fainéant, tire-au-flanc. 3. Personne quelconque ; quidam.
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 clampin
- clampins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clampin?
- /klɑ̃.pɛ̃/
- \klɑ̃.pɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is clampin in French?
clampin appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).