hyménoptère
French, noun/i.me.nɔp.tɛʁ/
hyménoptère is spelled H-Y-M-É-N-O-P-T-È-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hyménoptère is a French masculine noun meaning “hymenopteran” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tout individu de l’ordre des Hyménoptères, insectes ayant deux paires d’ailes membraneuses”.
What does hyménoptère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehymenopteran
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a deux paires d’ailes membraneuses. 2. Qui est de l’ordre des Hyménoptères (Hymenoptera).
noun: 1. Tout individu de l’ordre des Hyménoptères, insectes ayant deux paires d’ailes membraneuses. 2. Un genre ou une espèce d’insectes de ce même ordre.
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 hyménoptère
- hyménoptères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hyménoptère?
- /i.me.nɔp.tɛʁ/
- \i.me.nɔp.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hyménoptère in French?
hyménoptère 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).