forceps
French, noun/fɔʁ.sɛps/
forceps is spelled F-O-R-C-E-P-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forceps is a French masculine noun meaning “forceps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument en forme de grandes et larges pinces, dont on se sert dans les accouchements laborieux pour…”.
What does forceps mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforceps
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument en forme de grandes et larges pinces, dont on se sert dans les accouchements laborieux pour l’extraction de l’enfant. 2. Appendices en forme de pinces situés à l'apex de l'abdomen chez les forficules.
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.
How do you pronounce forceps?
- /fɔʁ.sɛps/
- \fɔʁ.sɛps\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to forceps
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forceps in French?
forceps appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).