promontoire
French, noun/pʁɔ.mɔ̃.twaʁ/
promontoire is spelled P-R-O-M-O-N-T-O-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Promontoire is a French masculine noun meaning “promontory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cap ; pointe de terre élevée qui s’avance dans la mer”.
What does promontoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepromontory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cap ; pointe de terre élevée qui s’avance dans la mer.
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 promontoire
- promontoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce promontoire?
- /pʁɔ.mɔ̃.twaʁ/
- \pʁɔ.mɔ̃.twaʁ\
- [pʁɔ.mɔ̃.twaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to promontoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is promontoire in French?
promontoire appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).