steppe
French, noun/stɛp/
steppe is spelled S-T-E-P-P-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steppe is a French feminine noun meaning “steppe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vaste plaines couvertes de buissons, de pâturages”.
What does steppe mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vaste plaines couvertes de buissons, de pâturages.
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 steppe
- steppes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce steppe?
- /stɛp/
- \stɛp\
- [stɛp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to steppe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is steppe in French?
steppe appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).