apnéiste
French, noun/ap.ne.ist/
apnéiste is spelled A-P-N-É-I-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apnéiste is a French feminine noun meaning “free-diver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plongeur ou plongeuse en apnée”.
What does apnéiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinefree-diver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plongeur ou plongeuse en apnée.
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 apnéiste
- apnéistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apnéiste?
- /ap.ne.ist/
- \a.pne.ist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apnéiste in French?
apnéiste appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).