procruste
French, noun\pʁɔ.kʁyst\
procruste is spelled P-R-O-C-R-U-S-T-E (9 letters). Procruste is a French masculine noun meaning “crab, crayfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte coléoptère”.
What does procruste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrab, crayfish
- 2
masculineProcrustes analysis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecte coléoptère. 2. Nom d'une méthode permettant de comparer la forme de deux objets en effectuant sur elles des similitudes afin de minimiser une distance entre ceux-ci.
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 procruste
- procrustes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procruste?
- \pʁɔ.kʁyst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.