asthénosphère
French, noun/as.te.nɔs.fɛʁ/
asthénosphère is spelled A-S-T-H-É-N-O-S-P-H-È-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asthénosphère is a French feminine noun meaning “asthenosphere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie ductile du manteau terrestre, située entre la lithosphère et la mésosphère”.
What does asthénosphère mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineasthenosphere
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie ductile du manteau terrestre, située entre la lithosphère et la mésosphère.
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 asthénosphère
- asthénosphères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asthénosphère?
- /as.te.nɔs.fɛʁ/
- \as.te.nɔ.sfɛʁ\
- \as.te.nɔs.fɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asthénosphère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asthénosphère in French?
asthénosphère appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).