anticyclone
French, noun/ɑ̃.ti.si.klɔn/
anticyclone is a French masculine noun meaning “a high pressure zone, an anticyclone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Zone de circulation atmosphérique autour d’un centre de haute pression”.
What does anticyclone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea high pressure zone, an anticyclone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zone de circulation atmosphérique autour d’un centre de haute pression.
adjective: 1. La Réunion Caractérise du matériel de construction supposé résister à des vents très violents.
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 anticyclone
- anticyclones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anticyclone?
- /ɑ̃.ti.si.klɔn/
- \ɑ̃.ti.si.klɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anticyclone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anticyclone in French?
anticyclone 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).