tupi
French, noun/tu.pi/
tupi is spelled T-U-P-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tupi is a French masculine noun meaning “Tupi (the Tupi language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue de la branche tupi-guarani de la famille tupi, autrefois parlée principalement sur le littoral du…”.
What does tupi mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Tupi
noun
- 1
masculineTupi (the Tupi language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Tupis.
noun: 1. Langue de la branche tupi-guarani de la famille tupi, autrefois parlée principalement sur le littoral du Brésil, également appelée tupi ancien ou vieux tupi. 2. Famille de langue rassemblant une quarantaine de langues. La sous-famille principale est la famille tupi-guarani.
noun: 1. Ensemble de peuples d’Amérique du Sud partageant la culture tupie.
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 tupi
- tupie feminine
- tupis masculine plural
- tupies feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tupi?
- /tu.pi/
- \tu.pi\
- [tu.pi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tupi in French?
tupi appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).