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aponévrose

French, noun/a.pɔ.ne.vʁoz/

aponévrose is a French feminine noun meaning “aponeurosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membrane fibreuse très résistante, blanche et nacrée, particulièrement destinée à envelopper les muscles et à…”.

What does aponévrose mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineaponeurosis

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Membrane fibreuse très résistante, blanche et nacrée, particulièrement destinée à envelopper les muscles et à les empêcher de se déplacer.

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 aponévrose

  • aponévroses plural

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

How do you pronounce aponévrose?

  • /a.pɔ.ne.vʁoz/
  • \a.pɔ.ne.vʁoz\

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

English words that translate to aponévrose

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

How common is aponévrose in French?

aponévrose appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.

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