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superpouvoir

French, noun/sy.pɛʁ.pu.vwaʁ/

superpouvoir is spelled S-U-P-E-R-P-O-U-V-O-I-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Superpouvoir is a French masculine noun meaning “superpower (fictional extraordinary ability)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faculté physique ou mentale détenue par un héros de fiction, que n’ont pas les êtres humains normaux”.

What does superpouvoir mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesuperpower (fictional extraordinary ability)

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Faculté physique ou mentale détenue par un héros de fiction, que n’ont pas les êtres humains normaux. 2. Pouvoir inhabituel.

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 superpouvoir

  • superpouvoirs plural
  • super-pouvoir

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce superpouvoir?

  • /sy.pɛʁ.pu.vwaʁ/
  • \sy.pɛʁ.pu.vwaʁ\

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

English words that translate to superpouvoir

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

How common is superpouvoir in French?

superpouvoir 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).

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