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aciculaire

French, adjective/a.si.ky.lɛʁ/

aciculaire is a French adjective meaning “aciculiform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit d’une feuille linéaire, rigide et pointue”.

What does aciculaire mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    aciculiform

  2. 2

    acicular

  3. 3

    synonym of aciculifolié (“aciculifoliate”)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Se dit d’une feuille linéaire, rigide et pointue. 2. En forme de pointe très fine comme celle d’une aiguille ; c’est ce qu’on dit parfois du dernier article des palpes. 3. En aiguilles ou en baguettes.

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 aciculaire

  • aciculaires plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aciculaire?

  • /a.si.ky.lɛʁ/
  • \a.si.ky.lɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to aciculaire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aciculaire in French?

aciculaire appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).