atèle
French, noun/a.tɛl/
atèle is spelled A-T-È-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atèle is a French masculine noun meaning “spider monkey (of the genus Ateles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de singes platyrhiniens, arboricoles, de l’Amérique équatoriale (forêts des bords de l’Amazone), très…”.
What does atèle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespider monkey (of the genus Ateles)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de singes platyrhiniens, arboricoles, de l’Amérique équatoriale (forêts des bords de l’Amazone), très grêles et à queue préhensile. 2. Athénien qui, par honneur, était exempt de l'impôt.
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 atèle
- atèles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atèle?
- /a.tɛl/
- \a.tɛl\
- [a.tɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is atèle in French?
atèle appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).