pelé
French, adjective
pelé is spelled P-E-L-É (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelé is a French adjective meaning “bare; (of animal) mangy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of peler. With an accent, pèle is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dépourvu de peau”.
What does pelé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bare; (of animal) mangy
verb
- 1
past participle of peler
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dépourvu de peau. 2. Dépourvu de poils. 3. Dépourvu de végétation.
noun: 1. Pèlerinage.
noun: 1. Variante de pêne.
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 pelé
- pelée feminine
- pelés masculine plural
- pelées feminine plural
- pélés plural
- pêles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pelé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelé in French?
pelé appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).