polype
French, noun/pɔ.lip/
polype is spelled P-O-L-Y-P-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polype is a French masculine noun meaning “polyp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce d’animal aquatique de la classe des zoophytes, dont le corps gélatineux est de forme conique, et qui a…”.
What does polype mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepolyp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce d’animal aquatique de la classe des zoophytes, dont le corps gélatineux est de forme conique, et qui a autour de la bouche plusieurs filets mobiles appelés tentacules. 2. Excroissance ou tumeur de diverse nature qui vient en certaines parties du corps et particulièrement dans les cavités recouvertes de membranes muqueuses. 3. Auteur capable d'exposer des thèses multiples à l'infini. 4. Construction, arborescence, enchevêtrement de liens complexes à l'infini.
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 polype
- polypes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polype?
- /pɔ.lip/
- \pɔ.lip\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polype
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polype in French?
polype appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).