épididyme
French, noun/e.pi.di.dim/
épididyme is spelled É-P-I-D-I-D-Y-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épididyme is a French masculine noun meaning “epididymis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit corps oblong, vermiforme, qui est couché le long du bord supérieur du testicule”.
What does épididyme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineepididymis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit corps oblong, vermiforme, qui est couché le long du bord supérieur du testicule. 2. Canal spermatozoïde qui, à partir du testicule, se termine par le canal déférent.
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 épididyme
- épididymes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épididyme?
- /e.pi.di.dim/
- \e.pi.di.dim\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épididyme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épididyme in French?
épididyme appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).