épiglotte
French, noun/e.pi.ɡlɔt/
épiglotte is spelled É-P-I-G-L-O-T-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épiglotte is a French feminine noun meaning “epiglottis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cartilage de forme ovale, placé à la partie supérieure du larynx, derrière la base de la langue, et…”.
What does épiglotte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineepiglottis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cartilage de forme ovale, placé à la partie supérieure du larynx, derrière la base de la langue, et spécialement destiné à recouvrir exactement la glotte au moment de la déglutition.
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 épiglotte
- épiglottes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épiglotte?
- /e.pi.ɡlɔt/
- \e.pi.ɡlɔt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épiglotte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épiglotte in French?
épiglotte appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).