lunule
French, noun/ly.nyl/
lunule is spelled L-U-N-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lunule is a French feminine noun meaning “lunule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Portion de surface en forme de croissant de lune”.
What does lunule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelunule
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Portion de surface en forme de croissant de lune. 2. Tache claire circulaire située sur la base de chaque ongle de l’être humain. 3. Papillon de nuit, de nom scientifique Phalera bucephala, synonyme de bucéphale. 4. Petite boîte pour ranger les hosties consacrées pour donner la communion à une personne incapable de se déplacer.
adjective: 1. En forme de lunule.
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 lunule
- lunules plural
- lunulés plural masculine
- lunulée singular feminine
- lunulées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lunule?
- /ly.nyl/
- \ly.nyl\
- [ly.nyl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lunule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lunule in French?
lunule appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).