spic
French, noun/spik/
spic is spelled S-P-I-C (4 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spic is a French masculine noun meaning “Spike lavender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Autre nom de la lavande aspic (arbrisseau proche de la lavande vraie)”.
What does spic mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSpike lavender
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Autre nom de la lavande aspic (arbrisseau proche de la lavande vraie). 2. Ancien nom pour aspic : une vipère aspic (armoiries suisses).
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 spic
- spics plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spic?
- /spik/
- \spik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spic in French?
spic appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).