acétabule
French, noun
acétabule is spelled A-C-É-T-A-B-U-L-E (9 letters). Acétabule is a French masculine noun meaning “acetabulum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, acétabulé is a different word: “acetabular (cup-shaped)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit vase rempli de vinaigre, que les romains mettaient sur la table”.
What does acétabule mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacetabulum
- 2
masculineacetabulum
adjective
- 1
acetabular (cup-shaped)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit vase rempli de vinaigre, que les romains mettaient sur la table. 2. Mesure romaine. 3. Cavité profonde d’un os dans laquelle entre un autre os qui s’y articule. 4. Un suçoir en forme de coupe des bras de certains céphalopodes.
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 acétabule
- acétabulée feminine
- acétabulés masculine plural
- acétabulées feminine plural
- acétabules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to acétabule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.