orthoptère
French, noun/ɔʁ.tɔp.tɛʁ/
orthoptère is spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-T-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orthoptère is a French masculine noun meaning “orthopteran” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte pourvu de quatre ailes dont les deux inférieures se replient dans le sens de la longueur”.
What does orthoptère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorthopteran
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Il se dit des insectes pourvus de quatre ailes dont les deux inférieures se replient dans le sens de la longueur.
noun: 1. Insecte pourvu de quatre ailes dont les deux inférieures se replient dans le sens de la longueur.
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 orthoptère
- orthoptères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orthoptère?
- /ɔʁ.tɔp.tɛʁ/
- \ɔʁ.tɔp.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orthoptère in French?
orthoptère appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).