ontogénétique
French, adjective/ɔ̃.tɔ.ʒe.ne.tik/
ontogénétique is spelled O-N-T-O-G-É-N-É-T-I-Q-U-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ontogénétique is a French adjective meaning “ontogenetic, ontogenic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif ou propre à l'ontogénèse ou à l'ontogénie”.
What does ontogénétique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ontogenetic, ontogenic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif ou propre à l'ontogénèse ou à l'ontogénie. 2. Qui engendre l'être, en parlant de la pensée, du raisonnement ou d'un concept référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème).
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 ontogénétique
- ontogénétiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ontogénétique?
- /ɔ̃.tɔ.ʒe.ne.tik/
- \ɔ̃.to.ʒe.ne.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ontogénétique in French?
ontogénétique appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).