hippogriffe
French, noun/i.pɔ.ɡʁif/
hippogriffe is a French masculine noun meaning “hippogriff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal fabuleux mi-cheval, mi-aigle ou mi-cheval, mi-griffon”.
What does hippogriffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehippogriff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal fabuleux mi-cheval, mi-aigle ou mi-cheval, mi-griffon. 2. Animal fabuleux auquel est comparée la locomotive à vapeur.
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 hippogriffe
- hippogriffes plural
- hippogriphe
- hippogryph
- hippogryphe
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hippogriffe?
- /i.pɔ.ɡʁif/
- \i.pɔ.ɡʁif\
- [i.pɔ.ɡʁif]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hippogriffe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hippogriffe in French?
hippogriffe appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).