orthotrope
French, adjective\ɔʁ.to.tʁɔp\
orthotrope is spelled O-R-T-H-O-T-R-O-P-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orthotrope is a French adjective meaning “orthotropic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui pousse ou est émis verticalement (vers le haut ou le bas)”.
What does orthotrope mean in English?
adjective
- 1
orthotropic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui pousse ou est émis verticalement (vers le haut ou le bas). 2. Étale, en parlant de la lumière. 3. Un matériau est dit orthotrope s'il a deux plans de symétrie de comportement mécanique.
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 orthotrope
- orthotropes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orthotrope?
- \ɔʁ.to.tʁɔp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orthotrope in French?
orthotrope appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).