pipeline
French, noun/pi.plin/
pipeline is spelled P-I-P-E-L-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pipeline is a French masculine noun meaning “oil pipeline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oiseau de mer, voisin des mauves, huitrier”.
What does pipeline mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoil pipeline
- 2
masculinepipeline
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oiseau de mer, voisin des mauves, huitrier.
noun: 1. Canalisation composée de tubes utilisée pour transporter des fluides et en particulier du pétrole ou du gaz ; oléoduc, gazoduc. 2. Système à travers lequel quelque chose est conduit. 3. Canal de transmission de l’information. 4. Technique de conception des processeurs, leur permettant de traiter l’information en parallèle, sur plusieurs étages dont le nombre détermine la profondeur du pipeline.
adjective: 1. Qui contient un pipeline.
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 pipeline
- pipelines plural
- pipe-line
- pipelinés plural masculine
- pipelinée singular feminine
- pipelinées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pipeline?
- /pi.plin/
- /paj.plajn/
- \pip.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pipeline
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pipeline in French?
pipeline appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).