plantigrade
French, noun\plɑ̃.ti.ɡʁad\
plantigrade is spelled P-L-A-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plantigrade is a French masculine noun meaning “plantigrade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal plantigrade”.
What does plantigrade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
plantigrade
noun
- 1
masculineplantigrade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les mammifères qui marchent sur la plante des pieds et non sur les seuls doigts ou ongles.
noun: 1. Animal plantigrade. 2. Synonyme d’ours.
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 plantigrade
- plantigrades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plantigrade?
- \plɑ̃.ti.ɡʁad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plantigrade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plantigrade in French?
plantigrade appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).