palmipède
French, noun/pal.mi.pɛd/
palmipède is spelled P-A-L-M-I-P-È-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palmipède is a French masculine noun meaning “palmiped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oiseau nageur palmipède dans la classification de Cuvier”.
What does palmipède mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepalmiped
- 2
masculinereferring to the satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a les pieds palmés ; dont les doigts sont unis par une membrane.
noun: 1. Oiseau nageur palmipède dans la classification de Cuvier. 2. Référence au journal satirique Le Canard enchaîné.
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 palmipède
- palmipèdes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palmipède?
- /pal.mi.pɛd/
- \pal.mi.pɛd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is palmipède in French?
palmipède appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).