cartilagineux
French, adjective/kaʁ.ti.la.ʒi.nø/
cartilagineux is a French adjective meaning “cartilaginous, gristly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de la nature du cartilage, qui est composé de cartilage”.
What does cartilagineux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cartilaginous, gristly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est de la nature du cartilage, qui est composé de cartilage. 2. Qui a l'apparence du cartilage.
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 cartilagineux
- cartilagineuse feminine
- cartilagineuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartilagineux?
- /kaʁ.ti.la.ʒi.nø/
- \kaʁ.ti.la.ʒi.nø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cartilagineux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cartilagineux in French?
cartilagineux appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).