mécananthrope
\me.ka.nɑ̃.tʁɔp\
The verdict
“mécananthrope” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être issu de l’union d’une machine et d’un humain, sorte de cyborg.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mecananthrope · mécananthrope · French
mécananthrope · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mécananthrope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ka.nɑ̃.tʁɔp\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mécananthrope » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mécananthrope is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ka.nɑ̃.tʁɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être issu de l’union d’une machine et d’un humain, sorte de cyborg.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mécananthrope in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mécananthrope, spelled M-É-C-A-N-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Être issu de l’union d’une machine et d’un humain, sorte de cyborg.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mécananthrope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’image d’un mécananthrope manœuvrant, d’une pression, le globe réduit en formules mortes, doit elle être pour nous la vision de l’homme futur?
"Ma mère, la machine, m’expulse de son giron. Aurais-je hérité d’elle ces ravissants petits rouages qu’avaient les automates des temps passés, ou suis-je entièrement constitué de puces bioniques ? Je suis le premier mécananthrope ; affreux néologisme qui correspond bien à mon état d’hébétude."
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.