hétéronome
French, adjective/e.te.ʁɔ.nɔm/
hétéronome is spelled H-É-T-É-R-O-N-O-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hétéronome is a French adjective meaning “heteronomous (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie les cristaux formés par des lois qu’on ne retrouve point ailleurs”.
What does hétéronome mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heteronomous (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les cristaux formés par des lois qu’on ne retrouve point ailleurs. 2. Dont la structure ne suit pas les lois générales de l’espèce. 3. Qui renferme tout ce qui concerne le gouvernement des églises non-chrétiennes. 4. Qui est influencé par des règles émanant de structures étrangères
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 hétéronome
- hétéronomes plural
- ^((h muet))\e.te.ʁɔ.nɔm\ singular plural masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hétéronome?
- /e.te.ʁɔ.nɔm/
- ^((h muet))\e.te.ʁɔ.nɔm\
- \e.te.ʁɔ.nɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hétéronome in French?
hétéronome appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).