pipole
French, noun/pi.pɔl/
pipole is spelled P-I-P-O-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pipole is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of people (“celebrity”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de people”.
What does pipole mean in English?
adjective
- 1
famous, related to famous people
la presse pipole
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of people (“celebrity”)
Ce défilé de « pipole » fait l’effet d’une madeleine de Proust.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de people. Relatif aux personnalités de la vie publique ou politique, ou du show business.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de people.
adjective: 1. Enjolivé. 2. Qui a le visage plein de taches de rousseur.
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 pipole
- pipoles plural
- pipolés plural masculine
- pipolée singular feminine
- pipolées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pipole?
- /pi.pɔl/
- \pi.pɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pipole in French?
pipole appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).