ectoplasme
French, noun/ɛk.tɔ.plasm/
ectoplasme is spelled E-C-T-O-P-L-A-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 93,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ectoplasme is a French masculine noun meaning “ectoplasm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couche superficielle du protoplasme d’une cellule”.
What does ectoplasme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineectoplasm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couche superficielle du protoplasme d’une cellule. 2. Émanation immatérielle produite par un médium en état de transe. 3. Personne inconsistante, sans personnalité.
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 ectoplasme
- ectoplasmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ectoplasme?
- /ɛk.tɔ.plasm/
- /ɛk.tɔ.plazm/
- \ɛk.tɔ.plasm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ectoplasme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ectoplasme in French?
ectoplasme appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).