oolithe
French, noun/ɔ.ɔ.lit/
oolithe is spelled O-O-L-I-T-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oolithe is a French masculine noun meaning “oolite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Très petits grains arrondis de calcaire, d’oxyde de fer et autres corps ferrugineux, qui ressemblent à des…”.
What does oolithe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoolite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Très petits grains arrondis de calcaire, d’oxyde de fer et autres corps ferrugineux, qui ressemblent à des œufs de poisson (→ voir ooïde). 2. Variété de calcaire formé de ces petits grains de calcaire oolitique.
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 oolithe
- oolithes plural
- oolite
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oolithe?
- /ɔ.ɔ.lit/
- \o.o.lit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oolithe in French?
oolithe appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).