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hypoglosse

French, noun\i.pɔ.ɡlɔs\

hypoglosse is a French masculine noun meaning “hypoglossal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nerf sublingual”.

What does hypoglosse mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hypoglossal

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehypoglossal

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Sublingual.

noun: 1. Nerf sublingual.

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 hypoglosse

  • hypoglosses plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hypoglosse?

  • \i.pɔ.ɡlɔs\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hypoglosse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hypoglosse in French?

hypoglosse appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).