gyropode
French, noun/ʒi.ʁɔ.pɔd/
gyropode is spelled G-Y-R-O-P-O-D-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). Gyropode is a French masculine noun meaning “Segway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Véhicule à stabilisation gyroscopique composé de deux roues, d’un manche de conduite, et d’une plateforme…”.
What does gyropode mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSegway
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Véhicule à stabilisation gyroscopique composé de deux roues, d’un manche de conduite, et d’une plateforme monoplace sur laquelle l’utilisateur se tient debout.
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 gyropode
- gyropodes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gyropode?
- /ʒi.ʁɔ.pɔd/
- \ʒi.ʁɔ.pɔd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gyropode in French?
gyropode 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).