guêpière
French, noun/ɡɛ.pjɛʁ/
guêpière is spelled G-U-Ê-P-I-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guêpière is a French feminine noun meaning “basque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous-vêtement féminin qui regroupe, en une seule pièce de lingerie les fonctions du bustier (ou du corset) et…”.
What does guêpière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebasque
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sous-vêtement féminin qui regroupe, en une seule pièce de lingerie les fonctions du bustier (ou du corset) et du porte-jarretelle.
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 guêpière
- guêpières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guêpière?
- /ɡɛ.pjɛʁ/
- /ɡe.pjɛʁ/
- \ɡɛ.pjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guêpière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guêpière in French?
guêpière appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).