houppier
French, noun/u.pje/
houppier is spelled H-O-U-P-P-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Houppier is a French masculine noun meaning “a person who makes or sells tassels (etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrier qui houppe”.
What does houppier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea person who makes or sells tassels (etc)
- 2
masculinethe crown, branches, twigs and leaves of a tree
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrier qui houppe. 2. Fabricant et commerçant spécialisé dans les houppes, les toupets et les floches. 3. Ensemble des parties aériennes d’un arbre (branches, rameaux et feuillage), à l’exception de la base du tronc (le fût). 4. Arbre ébranché auquel on n’a laissé que sa houppe.
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 houppier
- houppiers plural
- ^((h aspiré))\u.pje\ singular plural
- houpier rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce houppier?
- /u.pje/
- ^((h aspiré))\u.pje\
- [u.pie]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is houppier in French?
houppier appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).