ipéca
French, noun/i.pe.ka/
ipéca is spelled I-P-É-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ipéca is a French masculine noun meaning “ipecac, ipecacuanha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Racine brunâtre d’une saveur âcre et nauséabonde, de la famille des rubiacées, originaire d’Amérique du Sud…”.
What does ipéca mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineipecac, ipecacuanha
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Racine brunâtre d’une saveur âcre et nauséabonde, de la famille des rubiacées, originaire d’Amérique du Sud, et qu’on emploie en médecine pour ses propriétés émétiques.
noun: 1. Racine brunâtre d’une saveur âcre et nauséabonde, de la famille des rubiacées, de l’Amérique du Sud, et qu’on emploie en médecine.
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 ipéca
- ipécas plural
- ipécacuana alternative
- ipeca
- ipecas plural
- ipéca
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ipéca?
- /i.pe.ka/
- \i.pe.ka\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ipéca in French?
ipéca appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).