serpette
French, noun/sɛʁ.pɛt/
serpette is spelled S-E-R-P-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serpette is a French feminine noun meaning “billhook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite serpe qui sert à tailler la vigne, à couper les raisins pendant la vendange, à émonder les arbres, etc”.
What does serpette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebillhook
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite serpe qui sert à tailler la vigne, à couper les raisins pendant la vendange, à émonder les arbres, 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 serpette
- serpettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serpette?
- /sɛʁ.pɛt/
- \sɛʁ.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 serpette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serpette in French?
serpette appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).