ciliature
French, noun\si.lja.tyʁ\
ciliature is spelled C-I-L-I-A-T-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciliature is a French feminine noun meaning “ciliature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des cils d’une cellule”.
What does ciliature mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineciliature
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des cils d’une cellule.
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 ciliature
- ciliatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciliature?
- \si.lja.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ciliature in French?
ciliature appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).