jappement
French, noun/ʒap.mɑ̃/
jappement is spelled J-A-P-P-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jappement is a French masculine noun meaning “yelp; whine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit aboiement”.
What does jappement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyelp; whine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit aboiement. 2. Bavardages féminins, ponctués d’éclats de voix. 3. Cri bref et aigu.
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 jappement
- jappements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jappement?
- /ʒap.mɑ̃/
- \ʒap.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jappement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jappement in French?
jappement 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).