centripète
\sɑ̃.tʁi.pɛt\
The verdict
“centripète” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tend à approcher d’un centre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-centripete · centripète · French
centripète · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centripète |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.tʁi.pɛt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « centripète » en français
Rare enough to double-check
centripète is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɑ̃.tʁi.pɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for centripète in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is centripète, spelled C-E-N-T-R-I-P-È-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui tend à approcher d’un centre.
- 2Qualifie les plantes qui se multiplient vers le centre de leur groupement.
- 3Qui s’épanouit d’abord à sa base et plus tard à son sommet.
- 4Qualifie l’influx nerveux qui est transmis de la périphérie vers un centre nerveux.
- 5Plaçant un modificateur devant un noyau.
- 6Qui se dirige vers un centre économique ou politique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how centripète appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un corps libre qui se meut circulairement est retenu dans son orbite par une force centripète.
L’endroit faisait jeune. La gaîté y fusait de toutes parts, juteuse, nouvelle, centripète, et Paris de rappliquer.
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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.