métacarpien
French, noun\me.ta.kaʁ.pjɛ̃\
métacarpien is spelled M-É-T-A-C-A-R-P-I-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Métacarpien is a French masculine noun meaning “metacarpal (bone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un os du métacarpe”.
What does métacarpien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
metacarpal
noun
- 1
masculinemetacarpal (bone)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport au métacarpe.
noun: 1. Un os du métacarpe.
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 métacarpien
- métacarpienne feminine
- métacarpiens masculine plural
- métacarpiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce métacarpien?
- \me.ta.kaʁ.pjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to métacarpien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is métacarpien in French?
métacarpien appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).