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acropole

French, noun/a.kʁɔ.pɔl/

acropole is a French feminine noun meaning “acropolis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ville haute, partie de la ville située sur une éminence fortifiée par la nature et par l’art et contenant le…”.

What does acropole mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineacropolis

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ville haute, partie de la ville située sur une éminence fortifiée par la nature et par l’art et contenant le principal temple de la cité.

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 acropole

  • acropoles plural
  • acropolis

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

How do you pronounce acropole?

  • /a.kʁɔ.pɔl/
  • \a.kʁɔ.pɔl\

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

English words that translate to acropole

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

How common is acropole in French?

acropole appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

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