dilatateur
French, adjective/di.la.ta.tœʁ/
dilatateur is spelled D-I-L-A-T-A-T-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilatateur is a French adjective meaning “dilatative (causing dilation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui dilate un canal, un orifice”.
What does dilatateur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dilatative (causing dilation)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui dilate un canal, un orifice.
noun: 1. Instrument servant à dilater un orifice ou une cavité.
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 dilatateur
- dilatatrice feminine
- dilatateurs masculine plural
- dilatatrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dilatateur?
- /di.la.ta.tœʁ/
- \di.la.ta.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dilatateur in French?
dilatateur appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).