volapük
French, noun/vɔ.la.pyk/
volapük is spelled V-O-L-A-P-Ü-K (7 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volapük is a French masculine noun meaning “Volapük (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue construite inventée par le prêtre catholique allemand Johann Martin Schleyer, qui devait servir de…”.
What does volapük mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineVolapük (language)
- 2
derogatorymasculineincomprehensible language.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue construite inventée par le prêtre catholique allemand Johann Martin Schleyer, qui devait servir de langue-pont entre des gens de langues maternelles différentes. 2. Langage incompréhensible.
noun: 1. Autre orthographe de volapük.
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 volapük
- volapüks plural
- volapuk
- volapꞟk
- volapük
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce volapük?
- /vɔ.la.pyk/
- \vɔ.la.pyk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is volapük in French?
volapük appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).