exocet
French, noun
exocet is spelled E-X-O-C-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exocet is a French masculine noun meaning “flying fish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Exocet is a different word: “Exocet”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson des mers chaudes aux nageoires pectorales très développées lui permettant de sauter hors de l’eau et…”.
What does exocet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflying fish
noun
- 1
masculineExocet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poisson des mers chaudes aux nageoires pectorales très développées lui permettant de sauter hors de l’eau et de planer quelques instants.
noun: 1. Nom d’une famille de missiles anti-navires volant à basse altitude.
adjective: 1. Qui tire des missiles volant à basse altitude.
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 exocet
- exocets plural
- Exocets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is exocet in French?
exocet appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).