ornithorynque
French, noun/ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.ʁɛ̃k/
ornithorynque is spelled O-R-N-I-T-H-O-R-Y-N-Q-U-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ornithorynque is a French masculine noun meaning “platypus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mammifère monotrème ovipare, à bec d’oiseau, qui vit en Australie”.
What does ornithorynque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplatypus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mammifère monotrème ovipare, à bec d’oiseau, qui vit en Australie.
noun: 1. Genre animal auquel appartient l'ornithorynque. 2. Espèce animale à laquelle appartient l'ornithorynque.
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 ornithorynque
- ornithorynques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ornithorynque?
- /ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.ʁɛ̃k/
- \ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.ʁɛ̃k\
- [ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.ʁɛ̃k]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ornithorynque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ornithorynque in French?
ornithorynque appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).