marsupium
\maʁ.sy.pjɔm\
The verdict
“marsupium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Poche ventrale surtout des marsupiaux dans laquelle le jeune s’abrite et s’allaite pour se développer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marsupium · marsupium · French
marsupium · 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 | marsupium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.sy.pjɔm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marsupium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marsupium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.sy.pjɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poche ventrale surtout des marsupiaux dans laquelle le jeune s’abrite et s’allaite pour se développer.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for marsupium, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is marsupium, spelled M-A-R-S-U-P-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Poche ventrale surtout des marsupiaux dans laquelle le jeune s’abrite et s’allaite pour se développer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marsupium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les salles de restaurant des porcs-épics proposaient leur cure-dents, et les kangourous portaient les dépêches dans leur poche ventrale (ou marsupium).
Ordre des Marsupiaux. Présence d’une poche ventrale ou marsupium soutenue par les deux os prépubis ou 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.