canicule marine

\ka.ni.kyl ma.ʁin\

/\ka.ni.kyl ma.ʁin\/ noun

The verdict

“canicule marine” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Épisode anormalement chaud et prolongé des eaux de surface marines, dépassant un seuil défini par rapport à la moyenne climatologique saisonnière, généralement pendant au moins cinq jours consécuti...

Key facts for canicule marine
PropertyValue
Headwordcanicule marine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ni.kyl ma.ʁin\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “canicule marine” sits in French frequency

canicule marine falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for canicule marine is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ni.kyl ma.ʁin\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Épisode anormalement chaud et prolongé des eaux de surface marines, dépassant un seuil défini par rapport à la moyenne climatologique saisonnière, généralement pendant au moins cinq jours consécuti...".

No misspelling variants are generated for canicule marine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is canicule marine, spelled C-A-N-I-C-U-L-E- -M-A-R-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épisode anormalement chaud et prolongé des eaux de surface marines, dépassant un seuil défini par rapport à la moyenne climatologique saisonnière, généralement pendant au moins cinq jours consécutifs, et pouvant provoquer d’importants impacts écologiques.

Synonyms

canicule océaniqueincendie marinincendie sous-marin

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "canicule marine"?
"canicule marine" is spelled C-A-N-I-C-U-L-E- -M-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ni.kyl ma.ʁin\.
What does "canicule marine" mean?
As a noun, "canicule marine" means: Épisode anormalement chaud et prolongé des eaux de surface marines, dépassant un seuil défini par rapport à la moyenne climatologique saisonnière, généralement pendant au moins cinq jours consécuti...
How do you pronounce "canicule marine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canicule marine" is \ka.ni.kyl ma.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "canicule marine" come from?
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Using “canicule marine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-N-I-C-U-L-E- -M-A-R-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ka.ni.kyl ma.ʁin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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