abscisse
French, noun/ap.sis/
abscisse is spelled A-B-S-C-I-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abscisse is a French feminine noun meaning “abscissa (the x coordinate in Cartesian coordinates)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sur une droite orientée, distance d’un point à l’origine”.
What does abscisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabscissa (the x coordinate in Cartesian coordinates)
l'axe des abscisses
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sur une droite orientée, distance d’un point à l’origine. 2. Position du point qui correspond à cette distance. 3. L’une des coordonnées rectilignes, en général horizontale, grâce auxquelles on définit la position d’un point et sa distance à l’origine. 4. Coordonnée rectangulaire d'un point du plan de projection le long de l’axe dont la direction est voisine de celle des parallèles..
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 abscisse
- abscisses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abscisse?
- /ap.sis/
- \ab.sis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abscisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abscisse in French?
abscisse appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).