opossum
French, noun/ɔ.pɔ.sɔm/
opossum is spelled O-P-O-S-S-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opossum is a French masculine noun meaning “opossum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mammifère métathérien d’Amérique de l’ordre Didelphimorphia possédant généralement une longue queue”.
What does opossum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineopossum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mammifère métathérien d’Amérique de l’ordre Didelphimorphia possédant généralement une longue queue. 2. Fourrure de cet animal.
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 opossum
- opossums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opossum?
- /ɔ.pɔ.sɔm/
- \ɔ.pɔ.sɔm\
- [ɔ.pɔ.sɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to opossum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opossum in French?
opossum appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).