escarpolette
French, noun/ɛs.kaʁ.pɔ.lɛt/
escarpolette is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-O-L-E-T-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarpolette is a French feminine noun meaning “swing (e.g. playground fixture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Siège que l’on suspend par des cordes, pour se balancer”.
What does escarpolette mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfeminineswing (e.g. playground fixture)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Siège que l’on suspend par des cordes, pour se balancer. 2. Ce qui présente l’apparence d’une balançoire.
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 escarpolette
- escarpolettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarpolette?
- /ɛs.kaʁ.pɔ.lɛt/
- \ɛs.kaʁ.pɔ.lɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escarpolette in French?
escarpolette appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).