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SP

French, noun\ɛs.pe\

SP is spelled S-P (2 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). SP is a French masculine noun meaning “initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Syntagme prépositionnel”.

What does SP mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineinitialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Syntagme prépositionnel.

noun: 1. Sapeur-pompier.

noun: 1. Service de presse.

symbol: 1. Code du quartier d’immatriculation de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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.

How do you pronounce SP?

  • \ɛs.pe\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to SP

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is SP in French?

SP appears 4.7 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).

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