lampas
French, noun/lɑ̃.pa/
lampas is spelled L-A-M-P-A-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lampas is a French masculine noun meaning “lampas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular past historic of lamper. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Engorgement ou allongement de la membrane qui tapisse le palais du cheval”.
What does lampas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelampas
verb
- 1
second-person singular past historic of lamper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Engorgement ou allongement de la membrane qui tapisse le palais du cheval. 2. Gorge.
noun: 1. Étoffe de soie qui venait originairement d’Orient et qui est en général à grands dessins d’une couleur différente de celle du fond.
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 lampas
- lampasse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lampas?
- /lɑ̃.pa/
- /lɑ̃.pɑ/
- \lɑ̃.pa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lampas in French?
lampas appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).