pépine
French, noun/pe.pin/
pépine is spelled P-É-P-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pépine is a French feminine noun meaning “backhoe, backhoe loader, loader excavator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tractopelle, excavatrice”.
What does pépine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebackhoe, backhoe loader, loader excavator
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tractopelle, excavatrice.
noun: 1. Habitante de Pepinster en Belgique.
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 pépine
- pépines plural
- Pepines plural
- Pepin masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pépine?
- /pe.pin/
- \pe.pin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pépine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pépine in French?
pépine appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).