ornithoptère
French, noun/ɔʁ.ni.tɔp.tɛʁ/
ornithoptère is spelled O-R-N-I-T-H-O-P-T-È-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written French, the 264,399th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ornithoptère is a French masculine noun meaning “ornithopter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aéroplane dont la sustentation est assurée par des battements d’ailes suivant le principe du vol des oiseaux”.
What does ornithoptère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineornithopter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aéroplane dont la sustentation est assurée par des battements d’ailes suivant le principe du vol des oiseaux. 2. Genre de grand papillon.
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 ornithoptère
- ornithoptères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ornithoptère?
- /ɔʁ.ni.tɔp.tɛʁ/
- \ɔʁ.ni.top.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ornithoptère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ornithoptère in French?
ornithoptère appears about once in every 71 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).