agoniste

\a.ɡɔ.nist\

/\a.ɡɔ.nist\/ noun

The verdict

“agoniste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lutteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agoniste · agoniste · French

agoniste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for agoniste
PropertyValue
Headwordagoniste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ɡɔ.nist\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « agoniste » en français

agonisten'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agoniste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ɡɔ.nist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

agoniste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is agoniste, spelled A-G-O-N-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lutteur.
  2. 2
    Muscle à l’origine d’un mouvement.
  3. 3
    Molécule qui se lie à un récepteur et déclenche une réponse biologique semblable à celle du ligand naturel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how agoniste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il en est de même pour la statue du Dieu, que l’agoniste vainqueur lui consacre.
  2. Dans la flexion du bras, l’agoniste est le muscle grand pectoral, qui recouvre la face antérieure du thorax (et qui s’insère sur l’humérus). — (Elaine Marieb, Katja Hoehn, Anatomie et physiologie humaines, Pearson Éducation France, 2014)

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agoniste"?
"agoniste" is spelled A-G-O-N-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ɡɔ.nist\.
What does "agoniste" mean?
As a noun, "agoniste" means: Lutteur.
How do you pronounce "agoniste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agoniste" is \a.ɡɔ.nist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agoniste" come from?
"agoniste" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list