prémaxillaire
French, noun\pʁe.mak.si.lɛʁ\
prémaxillaire is spelled P-R-É-M-A-X-I-L-L-A-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prémaxillaire is a French masculine noun meaning “premaxilla” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Des os pairs situés à la partie antérieure de la mâchoire supérieure de nombreux animaux (reptiles, oiseaux…”.
What does prémaxillaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
premaxillary
noun
- 1
masculinepremaxilla
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Des os pairs situés à la partie antérieure de la mâchoire supérieure de nombreux animaux (reptiles, oiseaux, mammifères, etc.) tout comme chez l’homme, et portent souvent des dents.
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 prémaxillaire
- prémaxillaires plural
- pré-maxillaire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prémaxillaire?
- \pʁe.mak.si.lɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prémaxillaire in French?
prémaxillaire appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).