linotype
French, noun\li.nɔ.tip\
linotype is spelled L-I-N-O-T-Y-P-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linotype is a French feminine noun meaning “linotype” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Machine de composition typographique au plomb permettant de saisir les caractères sur un clavier et de fondre…”.
What does linotype mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelinotype
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Machine de composition typographique au plomb permettant de saisir les caractères sur un clavier et de fondre une ligne de texte en un seul bloc.
adjective: 1. Qui est issu d’une linotype.
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 linotype
- linotypes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linotype?
- \li.nɔ.tip\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is linotype in French?
linotype appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).