erpétologie
French, noun/ɛʁ.pe.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
erpétologie is spelled E-R-P-É-T-O-L-O-G-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erpétologie is a French feminine noun meaning “herpetology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de herpétologie”.
What does erpétologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineherpetology
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de herpétologie.
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 erpétologie
- erpétologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erpétologie?
- /ɛʁ.pe.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
- \ɛʁ.pe.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erpétologie in French?
erpétologie appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).