peppermint
French, noun
peppermint is a French masculine noun meaning “peppermint (various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Produit à base d'extraits de cette menthe (liqueur, bonbons, etc.)”.
What does peppermint mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepeppermint (various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Produit à base d'extraits de cette menthe (liqueur, bonbons, etc.). 2. Menthe poivrée.
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 peppermint
- peppermints plural
- paparmane
- pepparmane
- papermanne
- pippermint
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is peppermint in French?
peppermint appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).