oothèque
French, noun/o.ɔ.tɛk/
oothèque is spelled O-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oothèque is a French feminine noun meaning “ootheca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coque recouvrant un ensemble d’œufs de certains insectes, en particulier la mante religieuse ou la blatte”.
What does oothèque mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineootheca
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coque recouvrant un ensemble d’œufs de certains insectes, en particulier la mante religieuse ou la blatte. 2. Enveloppe coriace des œufs de certaines espèces de poissons ovipares.
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 oothèque
- oothèques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oothèque?
- /o.ɔ.tɛk/
- \o.o.tɛk\
- [o.o.tɛk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oothèque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oothèque in French?
oothèque appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).