isthmique
French, adjective/ist.mik/
isthmique is spelled I-S-T-H-M-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Isthmique is a French adjective meaning “isthmic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est relatif à un isthme”.
What does isthmique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
isthmic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est relatif à un isthme. 2. Qualifiait les jeux qui, dans la Grèce antique, se célébraient tous les cinq ans sur l’isthme de Corinthe. 3. Partie étroite d'un organe ou d'une région du corps.
noun: 1. Ode destinée à célébrer les vainqueurs de ces jeux.
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 isthmique
- isthmiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce isthmique?
- /ist.mik/
- \is.mik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to isthmique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is isthmique in French?
isthmique appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).