taïpan
French, noun\taj.pɑ̃\
taïpan is spelled T-A-Ï-P-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taïpan is a French masculine noun meaning “taipan (snake)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oxyuranus, genre de serpents”.
What does taïpan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaipan (snake)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oxyuranus, genre de serpents.
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 taïpan
- taïpans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taïpan?
- \taj.pɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is taïpan in French?
taïpan appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).