ypérite
French, noun/i.pe.ʁit/
ypérite is spelled Y-P-É-R-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ypérite is a French feminine noun meaning “mustard gas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agent chimique de combat à action vésicante, historiquement utilisé comme arme chimique, constitué…”.
What does ypérite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemustard gas
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Agent chimique de combat à action vésicante, historiquement utilisé comme arme chimique, constitué principalement de sulfure de 2,2′-dichlorodiéthyle, provoquant des lésions cutanées, oculaires et respiratoires souvent à effet retardé.
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 ypérite
- ypérites plural
- hypérite rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ypérite?
- /i.pe.ʁit/
- \i.pe.ʁit\
- [i.pe.ʁit]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ypérite in French?
ypérite appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).