gastrocnémien
French, adjective/ɡas.tʁɔk.ne.mjɛ̃/
gastrocnémien is a French adjective meaning “gastrocnemious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie les muscles jumeaux de la jambe, ou muscles du mollet, à cause de la saillie en forme de ventre que…”.
What does gastrocnémien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gastrocnemious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les muscles jumeaux de la jambe, ou muscles du mollet, à cause de la saillie en forme de ventre que font ces muscles.
noun: 1. Muscle de la partie postérieure de la jambe. 2. Nerf de la partie postérieure de la jambe.
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 gastrocnémien
- gastrocnémienne feminine
- gastrocnémiens masculine plural
- gastrocnémiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gastrocnémien?
- /ɡas.tʁɔk.ne.mjɛ̃/
- \ɡas.tʁɔ.kne.mjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gastrocnémien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gastrocnémien in French?
gastrocnémien appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).