opisthodome
French, noun/ɔ.pis.tɔ.dɔm/
opisthodome is spelled O-P-I-S-T-H-O-D-O-M-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opisthodome is a French masculine noun meaning “opisthodomos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie postérieure d’un temple, et en particulier une salle où n’entrait pas le public”.
What does opisthodome mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineopisthodomos
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie postérieure d’un temple, et en particulier une salle où n’entrait pas le public.
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 opisthodome
- opisthodomes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opisthodome?
- /ɔ.pis.tɔ.dɔm/
- \ɔ.pis.to.dom\
- [ɔ.pis.to.dom]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is opisthodome in French?
opisthodome appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).