nyctalope
French, noun\nik.ta.lɔp\
nyctalope is spelled N-Y-C-T-A-L-O-P-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nyctalope is a French feminine noun meaning “an animal with night vision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne, animal, qui peut voir dans l’obscurité”.
What does nyctalope mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinean animal with night vision
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la faculté de voir dans l’obscurité.
noun: 1. Personne, animal, qui peut voir dans l’obscurité.
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 nyctalope
- nyctalopes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nyctalope?
- \nik.ta.lɔp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nyctalope in French?
nyctalope appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).