lemming
French, noun/lɛ.miŋ/
lemming is spelled L-E-M-M-I-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lemming is a French masculine noun meaning “lemming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit rongeur subnival vivant généralement dans les régions arctiques, et migrateur”.
What does lemming mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelemming
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit rongeur subnival vivant généralement dans les régions arctiques, et migrateur.
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 lemming
- lemmings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lemming?
- /lɛ.miŋ/
- /le.miŋ/
- \lɛm.miŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lemming
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lemming in French?
lemming appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).