suspensoir
French, noun/sys.pɑ̃.swaʁ/
suspensoir is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-O-I-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suspensoir is a French masculine noun meaning “jockstrap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de bandage dont on se sert pour soutenir le scrotum et pour prévenir les descentes d’intestins et…”.
What does suspensoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejockstrap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de bandage dont on se sert pour soutenir le scrotum et pour prévenir les descentes d’intestins et autres incommodités de ce genre. 2. Sorte de slip très ajusté, pour soutenir le scrotum, utilisé durant les activités sportives.
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 suspensoir
- suspensoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suspensoir?
- /sys.pɑ̃.swaʁ/
- \sys.pɑ̃.swaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suspensoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suspensoir in French?
suspensoir appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).