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ânkh

French, noun/ank/

ânkh is spelled Â-N-K-H (4 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ânkh is a French masculine noun meaning “ankh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de ankh”.

What does ânkh mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineankh

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ankh

noun: 1. Croix ansée, signe hiéroglyphique de la vie, signifiant en égyptien le verbe « vivre » ou le nom « vie ». 2. Caractère unicode U+2625, ☥.

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 ânkh

  • ânkhs plural
  • ankhs plural
  • ânkh
  • anke

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ânkh?

  • /ank/
  • /ɑnk/
  • \ɑ̃k\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ânkh

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ânkh in French?

ânkh appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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