métatarsien
French, noun/me.ta.taʁ.sjɛ̃/
métatarsien is spelled M-É-T-A-T-A-R-S-I-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Métatarsien is a French masculine noun meaning “metatarsal (bone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Os du métatarse”.
What does métatarsien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
metatarsal
noun
- 1
masculinemetatarsal (bone)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. En rapport avec les os du métatarse entre eux.
noun: 1. Os du métatarse.
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 métatarsien
- métatarsienne feminine
- métatarsiens masculine plural
- métatarsiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce métatarsien?
- /me.ta.taʁ.sjɛ̃/
- \me.ta.taʁ.sjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is métatarsien in French?
métatarsien appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).