haptonomie
French, noun/ap.tɔ.nɔ.mi/
haptonomie is spelled H-A-P-T-O-N-O-M-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haptonomie is a French feminine noun meaning “haptonomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Discipline permettant d’entrer en contact avec un patient grâce au toucher, aux sensations tactiles et non…”.
What does haptonomie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehaptonomy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Discipline permettant d’entrer en contact avec un patient grâce au toucher, aux sensations tactiles et non par la parole. 2. Discipline permettant d’entrer en contact avec un fœtus grâce au toucher, aux sensations tactiles et par la parole.
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 haptonomie
- haptonomies plural
- ^((h muet))\ap.tɔ.nɔ.mi\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haptonomie?
- /ap.tɔ.nɔ.mi/
- ^((h muet))\ap.tɔ.nɔ.mi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is haptonomie in French?
haptonomie appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).