ovipositeur
French, noun/ɔ.vi.po.zi.tœʁ/
ovipositeur is a French masculine noun meaning “ovipositor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appareil des insectes ou poissons, destiné à déposer les œufs à l’endroit où ils vont éclore”.
What does ovipositeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineovipositor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appareil des insectes ou poissons, destiné à déposer les œufs à l’endroit où ils vont éclore.
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 ovipositeur
- ovipositeurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ovipositeur?
- /ɔ.vi.po.zi.tœʁ/
- \ɔ.vi.po.zi.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ovipositeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ovipositeur in French?
ovipositeur appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).