nycthémère
French, noun\nik.te.mɛʁ\
nycthémère is spelled N-Y-C-T-H-É-M-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nycthémère is a French masculine noun meaning “nychthemeron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Période de vingt-quatre heures correspondant à la succession d’une nuit et d’un jour”.
What does nycthémère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenychthemeron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Période de vingt-quatre heures correspondant à la succession d’une nuit et d’un jour. 2. Cycle biologique de vingt-quatre heures correspondant à une nuit et jour.
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 nycthémère
- nycthémères plural
- nyctémère
- nychthémère
- nychthéméron
- nyctéméron
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nycthémère?
- \nik.te.mɛʁ\
- [nik.te.mɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nycthémère in French?
nycthémère appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).