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cladistique

French, noun\kla.di.stik\

cladistique is spelled C-L-A-D-I-S-T-I-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cladistique is a French feminine noun meaning “cladistics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Méthode de reconstruction phylogénétique permettant d’établir les relations de parenté entre organismes en…”.

What does cladistique mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecladistics

adjective

  1. 1

    cladistic

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Méthode de reconstruction phylogénétique permettant d’établir les relations de parenté entre organismes en identifiant des caractères dérivés partagés exclusifs (ou synapomorphies). Ces relations sont représentées sous forme de cladogramme, qui illustrent les groupes monophylétiques (ou clades) formés par ces organismes.

adjective: 1. Relatif à cette classification.

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 cladistique

  • cladistiques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cladistique?

  • \kla.di.stik\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cladistique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cladistique in French?

cladistique appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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