poupée
French, noun/pu.pe/
poupée is a French feminine noun meaning “doll (object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figurine de forme humaine qui sert de jouet aux enfants”.
What does poupée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedoll (object)
- 2
feminineslangA girl or woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figurine de forme humaine qui sert de jouet aux enfants. 2. Coquette, celle ou même de celui qui prend trop de soin de sa personne. 3. Mannequin sur lequel on essaie des chapeaux de femme. 4. Figure qui sert de but, dans les endroits où l’on s’exerce à tirer au pistolet.
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 poupée
- poupées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poupée?
- /pu.pe/
- \pu.pe\
- [pu.pe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poupée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poupée in French?
poupée appears 5.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).