orthocentre
French, noun/ɔʁ.tɔ.sɑ̃tʁ/
orthocentre is spelled O-R-T-H-O-C-E-N-T-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orthocentre is a French masculine noun meaning “orthocenter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intersection des trois hauteurs d’un triangle”.
What does orthocentre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorthocenter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Intersection des trois hauteurs d’un triangle.
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 orthocentre
- orthocentres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orthocentre?
- /ɔʁ.tɔ.sɑ̃tʁ/
- \ɔʁ.to.sɑ̃tʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orthocentre in French?
orthocentre appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).