orthodromie
French, noun/ɔʁ.tɔ.dʁɔ.mi/
orthodromie is spelled O-R-T-H-O-D-R-O-M-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orthodromie is a French feminine noun meaning “orthodromic distance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Route d’un navire ou d’un avion par la voie la plus directe, qui est l’arc de grand cercle terrestre reliant…”.
What does orthodromie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineorthodromic distance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Route d’un navire ou d’un avion par la voie la plus directe, qui est l’arc de grand cercle terrestre reliant le point de départ au point d'arrivée. 2. Chemin le plus court entre deux points sur une surface plane ou courbe. 3. Ligne géodésique de l’ellipsoïde ou son image sur le plan de projection.
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 orthodromie
- orthodromies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orthodromie?
- /ɔʁ.tɔ.dʁɔ.mi/
- \ɔʁ.tɔ.dʁɔ.mi\
- \ɔʁ.to.dʁo.mi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orthodromie in French?
orthodromie appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).