acrotère
French, noun/a.kʁɔ.tɛʁ/
acrotère is spelled A-C-R-O-T-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acrotère is a French masculine noun meaning “acroter, acroterium, acroterion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ornementation placée aux extrémités supérieures des édifices, principalement sur les frontons”.
What does acrotère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacroter, acroterium, acroterion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ornementation placée aux extrémités supérieures des édifices, principalement sur les frontons. 2. Portion supérieure de mur ceinturant une toiture-terrasse.
noun: 1. Acrotère.
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 acrotère
- acrotères plural
- acroteres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acrotère?
- /a.kʁɔ.tɛʁ/
- \a.kʁɔ.tɛʁ\
- \a.kʁo.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acrotère in French?
acrotère appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).