micropuce
French, noun/mi.kʁɔ.pys/
micropuce is spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-U-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Micropuce is a French feminine noun meaning “microchip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Puce électronique contenant un code unique et servant à identifier et répertorier les animaux domestiques”.
What does micropuce mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicrochip
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Puce électronique contenant un code unique et servant à identifier et répertorier les animaux domestiques. 2. Composant électronique de petite taille reproduisant une ou plusieurs fonctions électroniques plus ou moins complexes.
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 micropuce
- micropuces plural
- micro-puce alternative
- micro puce alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce micropuce?
- /mi.kʁɔ.pys/
- \mi.kʁɔ.pys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to micropuce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is micropuce in French?
micropuce appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).