amygdale
French, noun/a.mi.dal/
amygdale is spelled A-M-Y-G-D-A-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,913th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amygdale is a French feminine noun meaning “tonsil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des deux glandes, en forme d’amande, qui sont aux deux côtés de la gorge, sous la luette”.
What does amygdale mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des deux glandes, en forme d’amande, qui sont aux deux côtés de la gorge, sous la luette. 2. Structure paritaire située au cœur du cortex cérébral, ayant également une forme d’amande et jouant un rôle déterminant dans de nombreuses émotions, en particulier la peur.
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 amygdale
- amygdales plural
- amigdale obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amygdale?
- /a.mi.dal/
- /a.miɡ.dal/
- \a.mi.dal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amygdale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amygdale in French?
amygdale appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).