calcicole
French, adjective/kal.si.kɔl/
calcicole is spelled C-A-L-C-I-C-O-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calcicole is a French adjective meaning “calcicolous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie des animaux ou des plantes qui croissent optimalement en terrain calcaire”.
What does calcicole mean in English?
adjective
- 1
calcicolous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie des animaux ou des plantes qui croissent optimalement en terrain calcaire.
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 calcicole
- calcicoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calcicole?
- /kal.si.kɔl/
- \kal.si.kɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calcicole in French?
calcicole appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).