coléoptile
French, noun/kɔ.le.op.til/
coléoptile is spelled C-O-L-É-O-P-T-I-L-E (10 letters). Coléoptile is a French masculine noun meaning “coleoptile (thin membrane sheathing a plumule)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chez les monocotylédones, membrane non chlorophylienne qui protège la plumule”.
What does coléoptile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoleoptile (thin membrane sheathing a plumule)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chez les monocotylédones, membrane non chlorophylienne qui protège la plumule.
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 coléoptile
- coléoptiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coléoptile?
- /kɔ.le.op.til/
- \kɔ.le.op.til\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coléoptile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.