piperade
French, noun
piperade is spelled P-I-P-E-R-A-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piperade is a French masculine noun meaning “pipérade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pipérade is a different word: “piperade (Basque dish of onions, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéed…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plat d'origine basque composé d’œufs battus en omelette et cuits avec des tomates et des poivrons”.
What does piperade mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepipérade
noun
- 1
femininepiperade (Basque dish of onions, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéed in olive oil and flavoured with Espelette pepper)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plat d'origine basque composé d’œufs battus en omelette et cuits avec des tomates et des poivrons.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de piperade.
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 piperade
- pipérades plural
- piperades plural
- pipérade
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is piperade in French?
piperade appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).