orthose
French, noun\ɔʁ.toz\
orthose is spelled O-R-T-H-O-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orthose is a French feminine noun meaning “orthoclase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des tectosilicates, famille des feldspaths sous-famille des…”.
What does orthose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineorthoclase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des tectosilicates, famille des feldspaths sous-famille des feldspaths potassiques, dont la composition chimique est KAlSi₃O₈.
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 orthose
- orthoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orthose?
- \ɔʁ.toz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orthose in French?
orthose appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).