diatomée
French, noun/dja.tɔ.me/
diatomée is spelled D-I-A-T-O-M-É-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diatomée is a French feminine noun meaning “diatom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organisme unicellulaire et planctonique, souvent associé aux microalgues, enfermé entre deux valves…”.
What does diatomée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediatom
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organisme unicellulaire et planctonique, souvent associé aux microalgues, enfermé entre deux valves siliceuses : le frustule.
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 diatomée
- diatomées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diatomée?
- /dja.tɔ.me/
- \dja.tɔ.me\
- [dja.tɔ.me]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diatomée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diatomée in French?
diatomée appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).