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protèle

French, noun/pʁɔ.tɛl/

protèle is a French masculine noun meaning “aardwolf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de carnivore d’Afrique proche de la hyène rayée, au museau fin”.

What does protèle mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineaardwolf

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Espèce de carnivore d’Afrique proche de la hyène rayée, au museau fin.

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 protèle

  • protèles plural

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

How do you pronounce protèle?

  • /pʁɔ.tɛl/
  • \pʁɔ.tɛl\

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

English words that translate to protèle

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.