diencéphale
French, noun/djɑ̃.se.fal/
diencéphale is a French masculine noun meaning “diencephalon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En neuroanatomie des vertébrés, désigne des ensembles de substance grise, de forme ovoïde situés au milieu et…”.
What does diencéphale mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediencephalon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En neuroanatomie des vertébrés, désigne des ensembles de substance grise, de forme ovoïde situés au milieu et à la base du cerveau, soit aussi une partie du tronc cérébral.
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 diencéphale
- diencéphales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diencéphale?
- /djɑ̃.se.fal/
- \djɑ̃.se.fal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diencéphale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diencéphale in French?
diencéphale appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).