hyménoptères
French, noun\i.me.nɔp.tɛʁ\
hyménoptères is spelled H-Y-M-É-N-O-P-T-È-R-E-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hyménoptères is a French masculine noun meaning “plural of hyménoptère” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ordre d'insectes dont le type est l'abeille ou la guêpe”.
What does hyménoptères mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplural of hyménoptère
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ordre d'insectes dont le type est l'abeille ou la guêpe.
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.
How do you pronounce hyménoptères?
- \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 hyménoptères in French?
hyménoptères appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).