polypode
French, noun\pɔ.li.pɔd\
polypode is spelled P-O-L-Y-P-O-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polypode is a French masculine noun meaning “polypod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fougère, dont les racines s’attachent par une multitude de fibres sur les pierres et les troncs d’arbres, et…”.
What does polypode mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepolypod
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fougère, dont les racines s’attachent par une multitude de fibres sur les pierres et les troncs d’arbres, et particulièrement au pied des vieux chênes.
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 polypode
- polypodes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polypode?
- \pɔ.li.pɔd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polypode in French?
polypode appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).