mantisse
French, noun\mɑ̃.tis\
mantisse is a French feminine noun meaning “mantissa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie fractionnaire d’un logarithme (la partie entière de ce logarithme s’appelle caractéristique), qui est…”.
What does mantisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemantissa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie fractionnaire d’un logarithme (la partie entière de ce logarithme s’appelle caractéristique), qui est utilisée dans les tables de logarithmes (népérien et décimal). 2. Partie de la notation scientifique comportant les chiffres significatifs, lors de l’écriture d'un nombre à virgule flottante.
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 mantisse
- mantisses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mantisse?
- \mɑ̃.tis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mantisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mantisse in French?
mantisse appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).