serpe
French, noun/sɛʁp/
serpe is spelled S-E-R-P-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serpe is a French feminine noun meaning “billhook, pruning hook, sickle (agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lame de fer, large et tranchante, recourbée en forme de croissant, emmanchée de bois et dont on se sert pour…”.
What does serpe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebillhook, pruning hook, sickle (agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lame de fer, large et tranchante, recourbée en forme de croissant, emmanchée de bois et dont on se sert pour émonder les arbres, pour les tailler, 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 serpe
- serpes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serpe?
- /sɛʁp/
- \sɛʁp\
- [sɛʁp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serpe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serpe in French?
serpe 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).