astérion
French, noun/as.te.ʁjɔ̃/
astérion is spelled A-S-T-É-R-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Astérion is a French masculine noun meaning “asterion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point de jonction de trois os du crâne : temporal, occipital et pariétal”.
What does astérion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineasterion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point de jonction de trois os du crâne : temporal, occipital et pariétal.
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 astérion
- astérions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce astérion?
- /as.te.ʁjɔ̃/
- \as.te.ʁjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is astérion in French?
astérion appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).