péplos
French, noun\pe.plɔs\
péplos is a French masculine noun meaning “the envelope of a virus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tunique féminine de style dorien”.
What does péplos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe envelope of a virus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tunique féminine de style dorien. 2. Enveloppe d’un virus enveloppé.
noun: 1. Tunique féminine de style dorien.
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 péplos
- péplos
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péplos?
- \pe.plɔs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is péplos in French?
péplos appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).