ripopée
\ʁi.pɔ.pe\
The verdict
“ripopée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mélange que les cabaretiers font des différents restes de vins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ripopee · ripopée · French
ripopée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ripopée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.pɔ.pe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ripopée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ripopée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.pɔ.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ripopée in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ripopée, spelled R-I-P-O-P-É-E.
Definition
- 1Mélange que les cabaretiers font des différents restes de vins.
- 2Mélange de différentes liqueurs, sauces ou produits.
- 3Mélasse, résidu du sucre après son extraction et sa cristallisation.
- 4Mélange de choses disparates, et en particulier, ouvrage composé d’idées communes, incohérentes ou mal coordonnées entre elles.
- 5Insulte équivalant à canaille, raclure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ripopée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’étoit pas d’un goût plus délicat pour sa boisson. Le Bourgogne & les meilleurs vins de France lui faisoient mal au cœur. Il lui falloit de cette ripopée qui pique & gratte le gosier, dont les crocheteurs s’enivrent.
[Les soldats] crient contre les vivandiers qui, ni plus ni moins que les épiciers de Paris, fabriquent eux-mêmes le brant de vin avec du bouillon de canard et du poivre long et qui leur font payer encore cette ripopée plus chère que leur meilleur sacré chien.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.