taupinière
French, noun/to.pi.njɛʁ/
taupinière is spelled T-A-U-P-I-N-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taupinière is a French feminine noun meaning “molehill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit monceau de terre qu’une taupe a élevé en fouillant”.
What does taupinière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemolehill
faire une montagne d'une taupinière
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit monceau de terre qu’une taupe a élevé en fouillant. 2. Renflement. 3. Petite élévation de terre, d’un monticule au milieu de la campagne. 4. Petite maison de campagne basse et sans apparence.
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 taupinière
- taupinières plural
- taupinée dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taupinière?
- /to.pi.njɛʁ/
- \to.pi.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taupinière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taupinière in French?
taupinière appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).