salep
French, noun/sa.lɛp/
salep is spelled S-A-L-E-P (5 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salep is a French masculine noun meaning “salep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fécule principalement constituée d'amidon, renfermant aussi diverses gommes et de la bassorine et servant…”.
What does salep mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesalep
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fécule principalement constituée d'amidon, renfermant aussi diverses gommes et de la bassorine et servant d’excipient qu’on tire des racines bulbeuses et mucilagineuses de certains orchis. 2. Boisson faite avec cette fécule.
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 salep
- saleps plural
- sulap
- salop
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salep?
- /sa.lɛp/
- \sa.lɛp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is salep in French?
salep appears about once in every 72 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).