masséter
French, noun/ma.se.te/
masséter is spelled M-A-S-S-É-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Masséter is a French masculine noun meaning “masseter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Puissant muscle de l’appareil manducateur”.
What does masséter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemasseter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Puissant muscle de l’appareil manducateur.
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 masséter
- masséters plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce masséter?
- /ma.se.te/
- \ma.se.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to masséter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is masséter in French?
masséter appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).