gigaoctet
French, noun/ʒi.ɡa.ɔk.tɛ/
gigaoctet is spelled G-I-G-A-O-C-T-E-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gigaoctet is a French masculine noun meaning “gigabyte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Par assimilation avec gibioctet) Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 1 073 741 824…”.
What does gigaoctet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegigabyte
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Par assimilation avec gibioctet) Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 1 073 741 824 (2³⁰) octets, valeur qui devrait en théorie être notée avec le symbole Gio, mais est populairement notée avec le symbole Go. – Note d’usage : Cet usage de giga- est critiqué par le SI mais encore très fréquent. 2. Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 1 000 000 000 (10⁹) octets, et dont le symbole est Go
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 gigaoctet
- gigaoctets plural
- giga-octet
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gigaoctet?
- /ʒi.ɡa.ɔk.tɛ/
- \ʒi.ɡa.ɔk.tɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gigaoctet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gigaoctet in French?
gigaoctet appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).