multimètre
\myl.ti.mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“multimètre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument de mesure qui peut mesurer différentes grandeurs électriques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-multimetre · multimètre · French
multimètre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | multimètre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \myl.ti.mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « multimètre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
multimètre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \myl.ti.mɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument de mesure qui peut mesurer différentes grandeurs électriques.".
multimètre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is multimètre, spelled M-U-L-T-I-M-È-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument de mesure qui peut mesurer différentes grandeurs électriques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how multimètre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais si vous êtes soigneux et que vous procédez de façon intelligente au moment de la mise au point, […], vous pourrez sans doute un jour réaliser vous-même un amplificateur de 100 W et le régler avec un simple multimètre.
This word in other languages
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.