lemniscate
French, noun\lɛm.nis.kat\
lemniscate is spelled L-E-M-N-I-S-C-A-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lemniscate is a French feminine noun meaning “lemniscate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Courbe plane en forme de 8”.
What does lemniscate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelemniscate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Courbe plane en forme de 8. 2. Symbole de l’infini, soit ∞.
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 lemniscate
- lemniscates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lemniscate?
- \lɛm.nis.kat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lemniscate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lemniscate in French?
lemniscate appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).