scorpion
French, noun/skɔʁ.pjɔ̃/
scorpion is spelled S-C-O-R-P-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scorpion is a French masculine noun meaning “scorpion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arthropode de la classe des Arachnides, dont la queue est armée d’un dard relié à une glande à venin”.
What does scorpion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescorpion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arthropode de la classe des Arachnides, dont la queue est armée d’un dard relié à une glande à venin. 2. Ordre des Scorpiones réunissant ces arthropodes. 3. Personne perfide capable de frapper dans le dos. 4. Arme de jet dans l’antiquité dérivée d’une baliste.
noun: 1. Personne née sous le signe du Scorpion.
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 scorpion
- scorpions plural
- Scorpions plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scorpion?
- /skɔʁ.pjɔ̃/
- \skɔʁ.pjɔ̃\
- [skɔʁ.pjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scorpion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scorpion in French?
scorpion appears 3.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).