hypocauste
French, noun/i.pɔ.kost/
hypocauste is spelled H-Y-P-O-C-A-U-S-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hypocauste is a French masculine noun meaning “hypocaust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Système de chauffage par le sol dans un bâtiment, notamment utilisé à l'époque romaine et gallo-romaine…”.
What does hypocauste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehypocaust
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Système de chauffage par le sol dans un bâtiment, notamment utilisé à l'époque romaine et gallo-romaine, surtout dans les thermes romains.
adjective: 1. Chauffé par le sol.
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 hypocauste
- hypocaustes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hypocauste?
- /i.pɔ.kost/
- \i.po.kost\
- [i.po.kost]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hypocauste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hypocauste in French?
hypocauste appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).