pimper
French, verb/pɛ̃.pe/
pimper is spelled P-I-M-P-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pimper is a French verb meaning “to dress well” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cligner de façon effrontée (en parlant des yeux)”.
What does pimper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dress well
verb
- 1
slangto pimp out/pimp up, to beautify, to fancify, to make stylish, to make gaudy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cligner de façon effrontée (en parlant des yeux) 2. Se vêtir avec recherche, élégance. 3. Apporter sa touche personnelle à un objet afin de le rendre recherché, soigné, unique.
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 pimper
- se pimper infinitive reflexive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction reflexive
- se pimpant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- pimpé participle past reflexive
- me pimpe first-person indicative present
- te pimpes indicative present reflexive
- se pimpe indicative present reflexive
- nous pimpons first-person indicative plural
- vous pimpez indicative plural present
- se pimpent indicative plural present
- me pimpais first-person imperfect indicative
- te pimpais imperfect indicative reflexive
- se pimpait imperfect indicative reflexive
- nous pimpions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous pimpiez imperfect indicative plural
- se pimpaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pimper?
- /pɛ̃.pe/
- \pɛ̃.pe\
- \pim.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pimper in French?
pimper appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).