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acicule

French, noun

acicule is a French masculine noun meaning “aciculum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, aciculé is a different word: “synonym of aciculaire (“aciculate”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit aiguillon, assez fin et généralement droit, recouvrant certains organes végétaux”.

What does acicule mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineaciculum

adjective

as aciculé
  1. 1

    synonym of aciculaire (“aciculate”)

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petit aiguillon, assez fin et généralement droit, recouvrant certains organes végétaux.

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 acicule

  • acicules plural
  • aciculée feminine
  • aciculés masculine plural
  • aciculées feminine plural

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