marchepied
French, noun/maʁ.ʃə.pje/
marchepied is spelled M-A-R-C-H-E-P-I-E-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marchepied is a French masculine noun meaning “step (of a train)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Escabeau, petit meuble à deux ou trois degrés, dont on se sert pour atteindre quelque chose”.
What does marchepied mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestep (of a train)
- 2
masculinerunning board (of car)
- 3
masculinestepping-stone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Escabeau, petit meuble à deux ou trois degrés, dont on se sert pour atteindre quelque chose. 2. Sorte de degrés, ordinairement de métal, fixes ou pouvant se replier, et qui servent à monter dans un véhicule. 3. Marches plus ou moins nombreuses qui conduisent à une estrade. 4. Moyen de parvenir à un poste plus élevé.
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 marchepied
- marchepieds plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marchepied?
- /maʁ.ʃə.pje/
- \maʁ.ʃə.pje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marchepied
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marchepied in French?
marchepied appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).