skip
French, noun\skip\
skip is spelled S-K-I-P (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skip is a French masculine noun meaning “skip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande benne glissant sur un châssis pour transporter le minerai dans les puits inclinés ou verticaux”.
What does skip mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskip
noun
- 1
femininemasculineskip
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grande benne glissant sur un châssis pour transporter le minerai dans les puits inclinés ou verticaux 2. Enjambement, omission.
noun: 1. Capitaine d'une équipe sportive.
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 skip
- skips plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce skip?
- \skip\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is skip in French?
skip appears 1.2 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).