octant
French, noun/ɔk.tɑ̃/
octant is spelled O-C-T-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Octant is a French masculine noun meaning “octant (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Huitième partie du cercle, soit 45 degrés”.
What does octant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoctant (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Huitième partie du cercle, soit 45 degrés. 2. Instrument formé d’un secteur de quarante-cinq degrés, dont on se sert pour mesurer les angles.
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 octant
- octants plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce octant?
- /ɔk.tɑ̃/
- \ɔk.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is octant in French?
octant appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).