polychète
French, noun/pɔ.li.ʃɛt/
polychète is spelled P-O-L-Y-C-H-È-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polychète is a French feminine noun meaning “polychete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ver annélide, à tête bien développée, au corps pourvu de parapodes (appendices pairs munis de soies présents…”.
What does polychète mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolychete
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de polychète.
noun: 1. Ver annélide, à tête bien développée, au corps pourvu de parapodes (appendices pairs munis de soies présents sur la quasi-totalité des segments) et sans clitellum, essentiellement marin à reproduction bisexuée (sexes séparés), pouvant être errant ou sédentaire.
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 polychète
- polychètes plural
- polychetes plural
- polychete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polychète?
- /pɔ.li.ʃɛt/
- \pɔ.li.ʃɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polychète in French?
polychète appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).