pithécanthrope
French, noun\pi.te.kɑ̃.tʁɔp\
pithécanthrope is spelled P-I-T-H-É-C-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pithécanthrope is a French masculine noun meaning “pithecanthropoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme de java. Sous-espèce d’Homo erectus décrite à partir des fossiles découverts à Java”.
What does pithécanthrope mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepithecanthropoid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme de java. Sous-espèce d’Homo erectus décrite à partir des fossiles découverts à Java. 2. Insulte désignant un individu peu cultivé, grossier dans ses manières.
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 pithécanthrope
- pithécanthropes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pithécanthrope?
- \pi.te.kɑ̃.tʁɔp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pithécanthrope in French?
pithécanthrope appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).