australopithèque
French, noun/os.tʁa.lɔ.pi.tɛk/
australopithèque is spelled A-U-S-T-R-A-L-O-P-I-T-H-È-Q-U-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Australopithèque is a French masculine noun meaning “Australopithecus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hominidé fossile de petite taille, disposant déjà de l’outil, découvert en Afrique méridionale et orientale”.
What does australopithèque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAustralopithecus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hominidé fossile de petite taille, disposant déjà de l’outil, découvert en Afrique méridionale et orientale.
adjective: 1. Qui concerne les australopithèques.
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 australopithèque
- australopithèques plural
- Australopithèque
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce australopithèque?
- /os.tʁa.lɔ.pi.tɛk/
- \os.tʁa.lɔ.pi.tɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is australopithèque in French?
australopithèque appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).