pemmican
French, noun\pe.mi.kɑ̃\
pemmican is spelled P-E-M-M-I-C-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pemmican is a French masculine noun meaning “pemmican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Viande séchée et réduite en poudre, avec des petits fruits, pouvant se conserver des dizaines d'années, même…”.
What does pemmican mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepemmican
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Viande séchée et réduite en poudre, avec des petits fruits, pouvant se conserver des dizaines d'années, même plus.
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 pemmican
- pemmicans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pemmican?
- \pe.mi.kɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pemmican
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pemmican in French?
pemmican appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).