parotide
French, noun/pa.ʁɔ.tid/
parotide is spelled P-A-R-O-T-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parotide is a French feminine noun meaning “parotid (gland)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Glande parotide”.
What does parotide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
parotid
noun
- 1
feminineparotid (gland)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est près de l’oreille.
noun: 1. Glande parotide. 2. Coiffe avec des mèches passant derrière les oreilles.
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 parotide
- parotides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parotide?
- /pa.ʁɔ.tid/
- \pa.ʁɔ.tid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parotide in French?
parotide appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).