percnoptère
French, noun\pɛʁk.nɔp.tɛʁ\
percnoptère is spelled P-E-R-C-N-O-P-T-È-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percnoptère is a French masculine noun meaning “Egyptian vulture (of species Neophron percnopterus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vautour de l’Ancien Monde qui a la face jaune, le bec long, mince et jaune (le bout parfois noir), le plumage…”.
What does percnoptère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEgyptian vulture (of species Neophron percnopterus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vautour de l’Ancien Monde qui a la face jaune, le bec long, mince et jaune (le bout parfois noir), le plumage blanc sauf pour l’extrémité des ailes qui est noire.
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 percnoptère
- percnoptères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce percnoptère?
- \pɛʁk.nɔp.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is percnoptère in French?
percnoptère appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).