slip
French, noun/slip/
slip is spelled S-L-I-P (4 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slip is a French masculine noun meaning “briefs (men's underpants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous-vêtement qui couvre le bas du ventre, les parties génitales et les fesses”.
What does slip mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebriefs (men's underpants)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sous-vêtement qui couvre le bas du ventre, les parties génitales et les fesses. 2. Plan incliné permettant de mettre des bateaux à l’eau. 3. Fiche de paie → voir payslip. 4. Terme sportif : laisse utilisée pour tenir les animaux présentés sur le ring (courses de lévriers) – (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5449759w/f162.item.r=slip)
noun: 1. Protocole de liaison simple ne fournissant aucun contrôle d'erreur ou d'adresse.
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 slip
- slips plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce slip?
- /slip/
- \slip\
- [slip]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to slip
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is slip in French?
slip appears 4.6 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).