pertuisane
French, noun/pɛʁ.tɥi.zan/
pertuisane is spelled P-E-R-T-U-I-S-A-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pertuisane is a French feminine noun meaning “partisan (kind of halberd)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne arme d’hast avec un fer triangulaire pourvu à la base de deux orillons symétriques”.
What does pertuisane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepartisan (kind of halberd)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne arme d’hast avec un fer triangulaire pourvu à la base de deux orillons symétriques.
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 pertuisane
- pertuisanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pertuisane?
- /pɛʁ.tɥi.zan/
- \pɛʁ.tɥi.zan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pertuisane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pertuisane in French?
pertuisane appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).