acéphale
French, noun/a.se.fal/
acéphale is spelled A-C-É-P-H-A-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acéphale is a French feminine noun meaning “acephal, acephalan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne sans tête”.
What does acéphale mean in English?
adjective
- 1
acephalous, headless
- 2
headless, leaderless
noun
- 1
femininemasculineacephal, acephalan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas de tête. 2. Qui n’a pas ou ne reconnaît pas de chef, autonome.
noun: 1. Personne sans tête. 2. Animal sans tête. 3. Membre d’une secte d’hérétiques du VIᵉ siècle dont les membres ne reconnaissaient aucun chef notamment lors du concile d’Éphèse, ils furent condamnés à Cordoue en 839.
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 acéphale
- acéphales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acéphale?
- /a.se.fal/
- \a.se.fal\
- [a.se.fal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acéphale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acéphale in French?
acéphale appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).