saperlipopette
French, interjection/sa.pɛʁ.li.pɔ.pɛt/
saperlipopette is spelled S-A-P-E-R-L-I-P-O-P-E-T-T-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saperlipopette is a French interjection meaning “goodness me, gosh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marque l’étonnement”.
What does saperlipopette mean in English?
interjection
- 1
datedgoodness me, gosh
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Marque l’étonnement.
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.
How do you pronounce saperlipopette?
- /sa.pɛʁ.li.pɔ.pɛt/
- \sa.pɛʁ.li.pɔ.pɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saperlipopette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saperlipopette in French?
saperlipopette appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).