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happe

French, noun

happe is spelled H-A-P-P-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Happe is a French feminine noun meaning “crampon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of happer. With an accent, happé is a different word: “past participle of happer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Demi-cercle de fer qu’on met au bout des essieux de carrosses pour empêcher que la roue ne les use à force de…”.

What does happe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecrampon

  2. 2

    femininehook

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as happé
  1. 1

    past participle of happer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Demi-cercle de fer qu’on met au bout des essieux de carrosses pour empêcher que la roue ne les use à force de tourner. 2. Crampon qui sert à attacher, à lier deux pièces de bois, deux pierres, etc., on le nomme aussi clameau. 3. Anse mise à chaque côté d’une chaudière. 4. Outil du luthier pour tenir les pièces qu’il travaille ou assemble.

adjective: 1. Qui est happé, saisi, pris.

noun: 1. Celui qui est happé, saisi, pris.

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 happe

  • happes plural
  • happée feminine
  • happés masculine plural
  • happées feminine plural
  • ^((h aspiré))\ap\ singular plural
  • ^((h aspiré))\a.pe\ singular masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is happe in French?

happe 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).

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