pentélique
French, adjective/pɛ̃.te.lik/
pentélique is spelled P-E-N-T-É-L-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentélique is a French adjective meaning “Pentelic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui provient du mont Pentélique en Attique. Il s’emploie presque uniquement dans l’expression marbre…”.
What does pentélique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Pentelic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui provient du mont Pentélique en Attique. Il s’emploie presque uniquement dans l’expression marbre pentélique.
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 pentélique
- pentéliques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pentélique?
- /pɛ̃.te.lik/
- \pɛ̃.te.lik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pentélique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pentélique in French?
pentélique appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).