étoupe
French, noun
étoupe is spelled É-T-O-U-P-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étoupe is a French feminine noun meaning “oakum, tow (residue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of étouper. With an accent, étoupé is a different word: “past participle of étouper”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie la plus grossière de la filasse”.
What does étoupe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoakum, tow (residue)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of étouper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie la plus grossière de la filasse. 2. Morceau de ce textile.
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 étoupe
- étoupes plural
- étoupée feminine
- étoupés masculine plural
- étoupées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to étoupe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is étoupe in French?
étoupe appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).