métapopulation
French, noun\me.ta.po.py.la.sjɔ̃\
métapopulation is spelled M-É-T-A-P-O-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Métapopulation is a French feminine noun meaning “metapopulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de populations d’une même espèce occupant des habitats distincts et connectées par des processus de…”.
What does métapopulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemetapopulation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de populations d’une même espèce occupant des habitats distincts et connectées par des processus de migration, de colonisation et d’extinction locale.
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 métapopulation
- métapopulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce métapopulation?
- \me.ta.po.py.la.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is métapopulation in French?
métapopulation appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).