cycle
French, noun/sikl/
cycle is spelled C-Y-C-L-E (5 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written French, the 2,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cycle is a French masculine noun meaning “cycle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Révolution astronomique”.
What does cycle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecycle
cycle de l'eau
- 2
Switzerlandmasculinemiddle school, junior high school
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Révolution astronomique. 2. Période de temps correspondant à cette révolution. 3. Période de temps de longueur variable. 4. Période de temps entre deux générations d’animaux ou de végétaux.
noun: 1. Catégorie des bicyclettes, tricycles, unicycles à propulsion humaine exclusive, ou à propulsion assistée possédant une assistance électrique définie légalement.
suffix: 1. Forme des substantifs relatifs au cercle.
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 cycle
- cycles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cycle?
- /sikl/
- \sikl\
- [sikl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cycle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cycle in French?
cycle appears 27 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).