galipette
French, noun/ɡa.li.pɛt/
galipette is a French feminine noun meaning “somersault (the act of going head over heels)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cabriole, pirouette”.
What does galipette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesomersault (the act of going head over heels)
- 2
feminineroll
- 3
colloquialfeminineroll in the hay
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cabriole, pirouette. 2. Roulade. 3. Ébat amoureux. 4. Gros champignon souvent cuisiné farci. (Note : ce champignon était ramassé le lundi, il était gros car avait poussé pendant tout le dimanche où personne ne cueillait de champignons, son nom vient du fait qu'a cause de sa taille, sa tête avait culbuté sur le côté, par la suite nom donné aux champignons malformés).
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 galipette
- galipettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galipette?
- /ɡa.li.pɛt/
- \ɡa.li.pɛt\
- [ɡa.li.pɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to galipette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galipette in French?
galipette appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).