hoplite
French, noun/ɔ.plit/
hoplite is spelled H-O-P-L-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoplite is a French masculine noun meaning “hoplite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fantassin grec pesamment armé, qui avait pour armes défensives le casque, le bouclier, la cuirasse, les…”.
What does hoplite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehoplite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fantassin grec pesamment armé, qui avait pour armes défensives le casque, le bouclier, la cuirasse, les bottines, garnies de fer ; pour armes offensives la pique et l’épée.
noun: 1. Variété d’ammonites.
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 hoplite
- hoplites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hoplite?
- /ɔ.plit/
- \ɔ.plit\
- [ɔ.pli.tə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hoplite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hoplite in French?
hoplite appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).