altise
French, noun/al.tiz/
altise is a French feminine noun meaning “flea beetle (of tribe Alticini)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné à de nombreux genres de coléoptères sauteurs comptant des ravageurs de plusieurs cultures, et…”.
What does altise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflea beetle (of tribe Alticini)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné à de nombreux genres de coléoptères sauteurs comptant des ravageurs de plusieurs cultures, et composant la sous-famille des Alticinae.
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 altise
- altises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altise?
- /al.tiz/
- \al.tiz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is altise in French?
altise appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).