diapir
French, noun/dja.piʁ/
diapir is a French masculine noun meaning “diapir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type d’intrusion impliquant une structure plus ou moins globuleuse, résultant de la remontée de roches plus…”.
What does diapir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediapir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type d’intrusion impliquant une structure plus ou moins globuleuse, résultant de la remontée de roches plus légères à travers des roches plus denses.
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 diapir
- diapirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diapir?
- /dja.piʁ/
- \dja.piʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diapir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diapir in French?
diapir appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).