escarpin
French, noun/ɛs.kaʁ.pɛ̃/
escarpin is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarpin is a French masculine noun meaning “high-heeled woman's shoe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soulier découvert et à simple semelle”.
What does escarpin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehigh-heeled woman's shoe
- 2
datedmasculinecourt shoe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soulier découvert et à simple semelle. 2. Soulier féminin découvert, rigide et à talons hauts.
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 escarpin
- escarpins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarpin?
- /ɛs.kaʁ.pɛ̃/
- \ɛs.kaʁ.pɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escarpin in French?
escarpin appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).