marsupial
\maʁ.sy.pjal\
The verdict
“marsupial” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à une poche, ici, celle que forme la paupière sur l'œil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marsupial · marsupial · French
marsupial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marsupial |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \maʁ.sy.pjal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marsupial » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marsupial is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \maʁ.sy.pjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marsupial, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is marsupial, spelled M-A-R-S-U-P-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif à une poche, ici, celle que forme la paupière sur l'œil.
- 2Relatif à la poche ventrale de certains animaux ; de toute poche ventrale.
- 3Relatif aux marsupiaux.
- 4Contenant les mêmes lettres qu'un synonyme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marsupial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
le muscle marsupial.
Poche marsupiale, poche ventrale dans laquelle s'achève le développement embryonnaire des jeunes chez les échidnés et les marsupiaux.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.