dépouille
French, noun
dépouille is spelled D-É-P-O-U-I-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépouille is a French feminine noun meaning “skin, hide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of dépouiller. With an accent, dépouillé is a different word: “past participle of dépouiller”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peau qui, au moment de la mue, se détache du corps des serpents et de certains insectes”.
What does dépouille mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineskin, hide
- 2
femininebody
- 3
feminineremains
- 4
femininebooty, plunder
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of dépouiller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Peau qui, au moment de la mue, se détache du corps des serpents et de certains insectes. 2. Peau de bête féroce. 3. Linge qu’on a quitté. 4. Corps d’un défunt.
adjective: 1. Dont tout ornement est exclu. 2. Qui a subit un dépouillement.
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 dépouille
- dépouilles plural
- dépouillée feminine
- dépouillés masculine plural
- dépouillées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dépouille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dépouille in French?
dépouille appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).