scolopendre
French, noun/skɔ.lɔ.pɑ̃dʁ/
scolopendre is spelled S-C-O-L-O-P-E-N-D-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scolopendre is a French feminine noun meaning “centipede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vulgaire de Asplenium scolopendrium une fougère à longues feuilles, qui croît dans les régions humides et…”.
What does scolopendre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecentipede
- 2
femininemasculinehart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vulgaire de Asplenium scolopendrium une fougère à longues feuilles, qui croît dans les régions humides et ombreuses.
noun: 1. Genre de myriapodes, au corps long et très étroit, et qui vivent sous les pierres, dans le bois pourri, etc.
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 scolopendre
- scolopendres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scolopendre?
- /skɔ.lɔ.pɑ̃dʁ/
- \skɔ.lɔ.pɑ̃dʁ\
- [skɔ.lɔ.pɑ̃dʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scolopendre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scolopendre in French?
scolopendre appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).