dactyloscopie
French, noun/dak.ti.lɔs.kɔ.pi/
dactyloscopie is spelled D-A-C-T-Y-L-O-S-C-O-P-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dactyloscopie is a French feminine noun meaning “dactyloscopy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Procédé d’identification des individus par leurs empreintes digitales, utilisé notamment par les services…”.
What does dactyloscopie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedactyloscopy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Procédé d’identification des individus par leurs empreintes digitales, utilisé notamment par les services d’anthropométrie judiciaire.
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 dactyloscopie
- dactyloscopies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dactyloscopie?
- /dak.ti.lɔs.kɔ.pi/
- \dak.ti.lɔ.skɔ.pi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dactyloscopie in French?
dactyloscopie 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).