japper
French, verb/ʒa.pe/
japper is spelled J-A-P-P-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Japper is a French verb meaning “to yap, yelp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aboyer, pour désigner l’aboiement des petits chiens”.
What does japper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to yap, yelp
- 2
Canadato bark
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aboyer, pour désigner l’aboiement des petits chiens. 2. Crier, s’énerver sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
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 japper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- jappant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- jappé participle past
- jappe first-person indicative present
- jappes indicative present second-person
- jappons first-person indicative plural
- jappez indicative plural present
- jappent indicative plural present
- jappais first-person imperfect indicative
- jappait imperfect indicative singular
- jappions first-person imperfect indicative
- jappiez imperfect indicative plural
- jappaient imperfect indicative plural
- jappai first-person historic indicative
- jappas historic indicative past
- jappa historic indicative past
- jappâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce japper?
- /ʒa.pe/
- \ʒa.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to japper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is japper in French?
japper appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).