poisson-vipère
French, noun/pwa.sɔ̃.vi.pɛʁ/
poisson-vipère is spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N-V-I-P-È-R-E (13 letters). Poisson-vipère is a French masculine noun meaning “viperfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson des abysses du genre Chauliodus, sans barbillons, à nageoire anale très reculée”.
What does poisson-vipère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineviperfish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poisson des abysses du genre Chauliodus, sans barbillons, à nageoire anale très reculée.
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 poisson-vipère
- poissons-vipères plural
- poisson vipère
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poisson-vipère?
- /pwa.sɔ̃.vi.pɛʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.