phonothèque
French, noun/fɔ.nɔ.tɛk/
phonothèque is a French feminine noun meaning “sound/record archive/library” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu ou bâtiment destiné à réunir et à conserver les documents sonores stockés sur tous supports”.
What does phonothèque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesound/record archive/library
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu ou bâtiment destiné à réunir et à conserver les documents sonores stockés sur tous supports.
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 phonothèque
- phonothèques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phonothèque?
- /fɔ.nɔ.tɛk/
- \fɔ.nɔ.tɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phonothèque in French?
phonothèque appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).