éperlan
French, noun/e.pɛʁ.lɑ̃/
éperlan is spelled É-P-E-R-L-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éperlan is a French masculine noun meaning “smelt (small fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit poisson de mer qui a des couleurs nacrées brillantes”.
What does éperlan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmelt (small fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit poisson de mer qui a des couleurs nacrées brillantes.
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 éperlan
- éperlans plural
- éplan
- épelan
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éperlan?
- /e.pɛʁ.lɑ̃/
- \e.pɛʁ.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éperlan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éperlan in French?
éperlan appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).