jaspe
French, noun
jaspe is spelled J-A-S-P-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jaspe is a French masculine noun meaning “jasper (precious stone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, jaspé is a different word: “jaspé”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oxyde de silicium diversement coloré par des impuretés, sous forme de bandes ou de taches”.
What does jaspe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejasper (precious stone)
adjective
- 1
jaspé
verb
- 1
past participle of jasper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est peint et bigarré, naturellement ou artificiellement, de manière à imiter le jaspe.
noun: 1. Oxyde de silicium diversement coloré par des impuretés, sous forme de bandes ou de taches. 2. Imitation de la pierre, en particulier, celle dont le relieur marbre la tranche des livres.
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 jaspe
- jaspée feminine
- jaspés masculine plural
- jaspées feminine plural
- jaspes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to jaspe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jaspe in French?
jaspe appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).