desman
French, noun/dɛs.mɑ̃/
desman is spelled D-E-S-M-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desman is a French masculine noun meaning “desman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de mammifère insectivore, voisin de la taupe, à museau ou trompe mobile, à queue longue, écailleuse…”.
What does desman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedesman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de mammifère insectivore, voisin de la taupe, à museau ou trompe mobile, à queue longue, écailleuse, aplatie, vivant le long des rivières, et bon nageurs.
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 desman
- desmans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desman?
- /dɛs.mɑ̃/
- \dɛ.smɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desman
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desman in French?
desman appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).