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archéologie

French, noun/aʁ.ke.ɔ.lɔ.ʒi/

archéologie is a French feminine noun meaning “archaeology (scientific study of past remains)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Science qui étudie les sociétés humaines du passé à partir de leurs vestiges matériels, notamment par la…”.

What does archéologie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininearchaeology (scientific study of past remains)

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Science qui étudie les sociétés humaines du passé à partir de leurs vestiges matériels, notamment par la fouille, la prospection et l’analyse des sites et des objets.

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 archéologie

  • archæologie alternative
  • archéologies plural

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

How do you pronounce archéologie?

  • /aʁ.ke.ɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
  • \aʁ.ke.ɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
  • [aʁ.ke.ɔ.lɔ.ʒi]

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

English words that translate to archéologie

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

How common is archéologie in French?

archéologie appears 6.6 times per million words in written French.

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