ichneumon
French, noun/ik.nø.mɔ̃/
ichneumon is a French masculine noun meaning “ichneumon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mangouste d’Égypte que les Égyptiens révéraient dans l’Antiquité parce qu’elle tue les serpents et les jeunes…”.
What does ichneumon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineichneumon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mangouste d’Égypte que les Égyptiens révéraient dans l’Antiquité parce qu’elle tue les serpents et les jeunes crocodiles. 2. Insecte hyménoptère pourvu d’un aiguillon comme les abeilles et qui dépose ses œufs dans le corps des chenilles.
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 ichneumon
- ichneumons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ichneumon?
- /ik.nø.mɔ̃/
- \ik.nø.mɔ̃\
- [ik.nø.mɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ichneumon in French?
ichneumon appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).