arachnoïde
French, noun/a.ʁak.nɔ.id/
arachnoïde is spelled A-R-A-C-H-N-O-Ï-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arachnoïde is a French feminine noun meaning “arachnoid mater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membrane mince qui est entre la dure-mère et la pie-mère et qui enveloppe le cerveau et la moelle épinière”.
What does arachnoïde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearachnoid mater
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui rappelle les toiles d’araignées.
noun: 1. Membrane mince qui est entre la dure-mère et la pie-mère et qui enveloppe le cerveau et la moelle épinière. 2. À la Renaissance, nom d’une des tuniques de l’œil.
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 arachnoïde
- arachnoïdes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arachnoïde?
- /a.ʁak.nɔ.id/
- \a.ʁak.nɔ.id\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arachnoïde in French?
arachnoïde appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).