concave
French, adjective/kɔ̃.kav/
concave is spelled C-O-N-C-A-V-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concave is a French adjective meaning “concave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui présente une surface en creux”.
What does concave mean in English?
adjective
- 1
concave
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui présente une surface en creux.
noun: 1. Caractère concave, forme concave.
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 concave
- concaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce concave?
- /kɔ̃.kav/
- \kɔ̃.kav\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to concave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is concave in French?
concave appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).