épiploon
French, noun\e.pi.plɔ.ɔ̃\
épiploon is spelled É-P-I-P-L-O-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épiploon is a French masculine noun meaning “epiploon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand repli du péritoine, qui flotte au-devant de l’intestin grêle. Il se dit aussi de quelques autres de…”.
What does épiploon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineepiploon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand repli du péritoine, qui flotte au-devant de l’intestin grêle. Il se dit aussi de quelques autres de moindre étendue qui unissent des viscères entre eux.
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 épiploon
- épiploons plural
- épiploön
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épiploon?
- \e.pi.plɔ.ɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épiploon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épiploon in French?
épiploon appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).