empois
French, noun/ɑ̃.pwa/
empois is a French masculine noun meaning “glue made from starch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amidon pour empeser le linge”.
What does empois mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglue made from starch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amidon pour empeser le linge. 2. Raideur.
adjective: 1. Qui a l’aspect blanchâtre de l’amidon.
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 empois
- impoisse dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empois?
- /ɑ̃.pwa/
- \ɑ̃.pwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empois in French?
empois appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).