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paléarctique

French, adjective/pa.le.aʁk.tik/

paléarctique is a French adjective meaning “Palearctic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la zone composée du nord de l’Afrique et de l’Asie, et de l’Europe”.

What does paléarctique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Palearctic

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif à la zone composée du nord de l’Afrique et de l’Asie, et de l’Europe.

noun: 1. L’une des huit régions biogéographiques (écozones) terrestres.

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 paléarctique

  • paléarctiques plural
  • paléoarctique

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce paléarctique?

  • /pa.le.aʁk.tik/
  • \pa.le.aʁk.tik\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to paléarctique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is paléarctique in French?

paléarctique appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).