atlas
French, noun/at.las/
atlas is spelled A-T-L-A-S (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atlas is a French masculine noun meaning “atlas (collection of maps)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recueil ordonné de cartes, conçu pour représenter un espace donné ou exposer un ou plusieurs thèmes”.
What does atlas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineatlas (collection of maps)
- 2
masculineatlas
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recueil ordonné de cartes, conçu pour représenter un espace donné ou exposer un ou plusieurs thèmes. 2. Recueil de cartes, de planches, etc., joint à un ouvrage. 3. Première vertèbre cervicale (C1) du cou, sur laquelle le crâne repose. 4. Papillon du genre Attacus, originaire des forêts de l’Inde, parmi les plus grands lépidoptères au monde.
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.
How do you pronounce atlas?
- /at.las/
- /at.lɑs/
- \a.tlɑs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atlas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atlas in French?
atlas appears 6.0 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).