plésiosaure
French, noun/ple.zjɔ.zɔʁ/
plésiosaure is spelled P-L-É-S-I-O-S-A-U-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plésiosaure is a French masculine noun meaning “plesiosaur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand reptile carnivore aquatique qu’on ne trouve qu’à l’état fossile, du sous-ordre Plesiosauroidea, de…”.
What does plésiosaure mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplesiosaur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand reptile carnivore aquatique qu’on ne trouve qu’à l’état fossile, du sous-ordre Plesiosauroidea, de l’ordre Plesiosauria.
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 plésiosaure
- plésiosaures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plésiosaure?
- /ple.zjɔ.zɔʁ/
- /ple.zjɔ.sɔʁ/
- \ple.zjɔ.sɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plésiosaure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plésiosaure in French?
plésiosaure appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).