apolaire

\a.pɔ.lɛʁ\

/\a.pɔ.lɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“apolaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a pas de pôle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apolaire · apolaire · French

apolaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for apolaire
PropertyValue
Headwordapolaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.pɔ.lɛʁ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « apolaire » en français

apolairereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apolaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pɔ.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apolaire, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is apolaire, spelled A-P-O-L-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’a pas de pôle.
  2. 2
    Se dit d'une molécule dont les atomes ont tous une électronégativité nulle (i.e. dans le cas de liaisons non-polaires) ou, si leur électronégativité est différente de zéro, dont les barycentres (ou centres électriquement neutres des charges partielles positives et négatives) se confondent (i.e. si ses dipôles intramoléculaires s'annulent).
  3. 3
    Se dit d'une situation internationale dans laquelle aucun pays ou aucune alliance de pays ne dispose du poids nécessaire pour constituer un pôle dominant de pouvoir et de décision, à l'échelle planétaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how apolaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La mœlle épinière a des cellules apolaires, unipolaires, bipolaires, multipolaires.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apolaire"?
"apolaire" is spelled A-P-O-L-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔ.lɛʁ\.
What does "apolaire" mean?
As an adjective, "apolaire" means: Qui n’a pas de pôle.
How do you pronounce "apolaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apolaire" is \a.pɔ.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apolaire" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list