octosyllabe
French, adjective/ɔk.to.si.lab/
octosyllabe is spelled O-C-T-O-S-Y-L-L-A-B-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Octosyllabe is a French adjective meaning “octosyllabic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a huit syllabes”.
What does octosyllabe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
octosyllabic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a huit syllabes.
noun: 1. Vers qui a huit syllabes.
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 octosyllabe
- octosyllabes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce octosyllabe?
- /ɔk.to.si.lab/
- \ɔk.tɔ.si.lab\
- [ɔk.tɔ.si.lab]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is octosyllabe in French?
octosyllabe appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).