lipogramme
French, noun/li.pɔ.ɡʁam/
lipogramme is spelled L-I-P-O-G-R-A-M-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lipogramme is a French masculine noun meaning “lipogram” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Texte d’où sont délibérément exclues certaines lettres de l’alphabet”.
What does lipogramme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelipogram
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Texte d’où sont délibérément exclues certaines lettres de l’alphabet.
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 lipogramme
- lipogrammes plural
- léipogramme dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lipogramme?
- /li.pɔ.ɡʁam/
- \li.po.ɡʁam\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lipogramme in French?
lipogramme appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).