shrapnel
French, noun/ʃʁap.nɛl/
shrapnel is spelled S-H-R-A-P-N-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shrapnel is a French masculine noun meaning “shrapnel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Obus d’artillerie qui explose au-dessus de sa cible en libérant de nombreux fragments meurtriers”.
What does shrapnel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshrapnel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obus d’artillerie qui explose au-dessus de sa cible en libérant de nombreux fragments meurtriers. 2. Fragment de bombe qui explose.
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 shrapnel
- shrapnels plural
- shrapnell
- schrapnell
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shrapnel?
- /ʃʁap.nɛl/
- \ʃʁap.nɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shrapnel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shrapnel in French?
shrapnel appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).