ipé
French, noun/i.pe/
ipé is spelled I-P-É (3 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ipé is a French masculine noun meaning “ipe (tropical tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbre tropical au bois très dur de la famille des Bignoniaceae”.
What does ipé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineipe (tropical tree)
- 2
masculineipe (wood)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbre tropical au bois très dur de la famille des Bignoniaceae. 2. Le bois de cet arbre.
noun: 1. Poutrelle métallique dont la section a la forme d'un I, avec les empattements.
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 ipé
- ipés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ipé?
- /i.pe/
- \i.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ipé in French?
ipé appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).