étoile de mer
\e.twal də mɛʁ\
The verdict
“étoile de mer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal marin échinoderme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etoile-de-mer · étoile de mer · French
étoile de mer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étoile de mer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.twal də mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « étoile de mer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
étoile de mer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.twal də mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for étoile de mer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étoile de mer, spelled É-T-O-I-L-E- -D-E- -M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Animal marin échinoderme.
- 2Position du Kâmasûtra qui commence avec la personne réceptive allongée sur le dos une jambe pliée et une jambe tendue, et la personne insertive, assise sur la jambe tendue.
- 3Position passive d’un partenaire allongé sur le dos, les bras et les jambes écartés, en forme d’étoile de mer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étoile de mer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des étoiles de mer du plus beau carmin, des ophyures grisâtres aux cinq rayons grêles et allongés, se cachaient sous les pierres.
La bêche-de-mer, c’est ce que les anglophones appellent le Cucumber Sea (ou “concombre de mer”), et les habitants d’Extrême-Orient le tripang. Il s’agit en fait d’une grosse holothurie, animal marin très proche de l’étoile de mer.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.