cartothèque
French, noun/kaʁ.tɔ.tɛk/
cartothèque is spelled C-A-R-T-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartothèque is a French feminine noun meaning “map room” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité chargée de collecter, de référencer, de classer et de conserver les documents cartographiques”.
What does cartothèque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemap room
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité chargée de collecter, de référencer, de classer et de conserver les documents cartographiques. 2. Lieu où sont conservées des cartes géographiques.
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 cartothèque
- cartothèques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartothèque?
- /kaʁ.tɔ.tɛk/
- \kaʁ.tɔ.tɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cartothèque in French?
cartothèque 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).