péplum
French, noun/pe.plɔm/
péplum is a French masculine noun meaning “peplum (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manteau de laine que les femmes grecques mettaient par-dessus la tunique et qu’elles portaient attaché à…”.
What does péplum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepeplum (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manteau de laine que les femmes grecques mettaient par-dessus la tunique et qu’elles portaient attaché à l’épaule par une agrafe. 2. Film de fiction de reconstitution historique dont l’action se situe dans l’Antiquité. 3. Jupe courte ou volant évasé superposé à la taille d’une veste, d’un chemisier ou d’une robe.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de péplum.
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 péplum
- péplums plural
- peplum
- péplome familiar
- peplums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péplum?
- /pe.plɔm/
- \pe.plɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to péplum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is péplum in French?
péplum appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).