harpie
French, noun/aʁ.pi/
harpie is spelled H-A-R-P-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harpie is a French feminine noun meaning “harpy (winged monster)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monstre fabuleux, qu’on représentait avec des ailes, un visage de femme, un corps de vautour et des ongles…”.
What does harpie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineharpy (winged monster)
- 2
derogatoryfemininea shrew, a harridan, a harpy
- 3
feminineharpy eagle, Harpia harpyja
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monstre fabuleux, qu’on représentait avec des ailes, un visage de femme, un corps de vautour et des ongles crochus, et qu’on imaginait être extrêmement vorace. 2. Ceux qui sont avides du bien d’autrui ou qui sont âpres au gain. 3. Femme méchante, criarde et acariâtre. 4. Espèce de vautour ou d’aigle forestier d’Amérique du Sud, Harpia harpyja.
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 harpie
- harpies plural
- ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pi\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce harpie?
- /aʁ.pi/
- ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pi\
- \aʁ.pi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to harpie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is harpie in French?
harpie appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).