guimpe
French, noun/ɡɛ̃p/
guimpe is spelled G-U-I-M-P-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guimpe is a French feminine noun meaning “wimple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de toile dont les religieuses et parfois les veuves se servent pour se couvrir le cou et la poitrine”.
What does guimpe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewimple
- 2
femininechemisette (UK), dickey (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de toile dont les religieuses et parfois les veuves se servent pour se couvrir le cou et la poitrine. 2. Petite chemisette en étoffe légère, que portent les femmes et qui dépasse la robe et monte jusqu’au cou. 3. Petit ornement en dentelle qui dépasse d’un décolleté.
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 guimpe
- guimpes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guimpe?
- /ɡɛ̃p/
- \ɡɛ̃p\
- [ɡɛ̃p]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is guimpe in French?
guimpe appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).