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prognathe

French, adjective\pʁɔɡ.nat\

prognathe is spelled P-R-O-G-N-A-T-H-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prognathe is a French adjective meaning “prognathous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une personne dont les mâchoires sont proéminentes ou dont la mâchoire inférieure fait saillie par…”.

What does prognathe mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    prognathous

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qualifie une personne dont les mâchoires sont proéminentes ou dont la mâchoire inférieure fait saillie par rapport à la mâchoire supérieure. 2. Qualifie un animal dont les mâchoires se déportent plus ou moins fortement vers l’avant. 3. Qualifie un insecte dont les parties buccales sont situées en avant de la tête ou du céphalothorax.

noun: 1. Personne dont la mâchoire inférieure est proéminente.

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 prognathe

  • prognathes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce prognathe?

  • \pʁɔɡ.nat\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is prognathe in French?

prognathe appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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