soupirail
French, noun/su.pi.ʁaj/
soupirail is spelled S-O-U-P-I-R-A-I-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soupirail is a French masculine noun meaning “spiracle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouverture pratiquée à la partie inférieure d’un édifice, pour donner un peu d’air et de jour à une cave, à un…”.
What does soupirail mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespiracle
- 2
masculineground-level external window for a basement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouverture pratiquée à la partie inférieure d’un édifice, pour donner un peu d’air et de jour à une cave, à un sous-sol, etc. 2. Ouverture.
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 soupirail
- soupiraux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soupirail?
- /su.pi.ʁaj/
- \su.pi.ʁaj\
- [su.pi.ʁaj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soupirail
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soupirail in French?
soupirail appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).