naumachie
French, noun/no.ma.ʃi/
naumachie is spelled N-A-U-M-A-C-H-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naumachie is a French feminine noun meaning “naumachia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Spectacle d’un combat naval qu’on donnait au peuple de l’ancienne Rome”.
What does naumachie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenaumachia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Spectacle d’un combat naval qu’on donnait au peuple de l’ancienne Rome. 2. Lieu même où se donnait ce spectacle.
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 naumachie
- naumachies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naumachie?
- /no.ma.ʃi/
- \no.ma.ʃi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is naumachie in French?
naumachie appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).