turlupin
French, noun/tyʁ.ly.pɛ̃/
turlupin is spelled T-U-R-L-U-P-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turlupin is a French masculine noun meaning “a person who makes puns or bad jokes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui fait de basses plaisanteries, de mauvais jeux de mots”.
What does turlupin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea person who makes puns or bad jokes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme qui fait de basses plaisanteries, de mauvais jeux de mots. 2. Sectes d’hérétiques qui se répandirent en France, en Allemagne et dans les Pays-Bas pendant le XIIIᵉ et le XIVᵉ siècle ; ils soutenaient qu’on ne doit avoir honte de rien de ce qui est naturel.
noun: 1. Peigne fait de chardons souples, utilisé pour le lainage des draps.
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 turlupin
- turlupins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce turlupin?
- /tyʁ.ly.pɛ̃/
- \tyʁ.ly.pɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is turlupin in French?
turlupin appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).