analogue
French, noun/a.na.lɔɡ/
analogue is spelled A-N-A-L-O-G-U-E (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Analogue is a French masculine noun meaning “analog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui offre des traits communs avec une autre chose”.
What does analogue mean in English?
adjective
- 1
analogous
noun
- 1
masculineanalog
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui présente une analogie avec une autre chose. 2. En parlant de la polarité d’un corps pyroélectrique comme la tourmaline, qui devient négatif quand la température descend et positif quand elle s’élève.
noun: 1. Ce qui offre des traits communs avec une autre chose. 2. Ellipse de analogue chimique.
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 analogue
- analogues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce analogue?
- /a.na.lɔɡ/
- \a.na.lɔɡ\
- [a.na.lɔɡ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to analogue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is analogue in French?
analogue appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).