épithalame
French, noun/e.pi.ta.lam/
épithalame is spelled É-P-I-T-H-A-L-A-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épithalame is a French masculine noun meaning “epithalamium (poem written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poème lyrique composé à l’occasion d’un mariage en l’honneur des nouveaux époux”.
What does épithalame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineepithalamium (poem written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poème lyrique composé à l’occasion d’un mariage en l’honneur des nouveaux époux.
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 épithalame
- épithalames plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épithalame?
- /e.pi.ta.lam/
- \e.pi.ta.lam\
- [epitalam]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épithalame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épithalame in French?
épithalame appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).