protractile
French, adjective\pʁɔ.tʁak.til\
protractile is spelled P-R-O-T-R-A-C-T-I-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protractile is a French adjective meaning “protractile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie un organe qui s’allonge de lui-même”.
What does protractile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
protractile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un organe qui s’allonge de lui-même. 2. Bouche de certains poissons (les poissons de fonds principalement) qui peut s'allonger vers l'avant et se rétracter ensuite, permettant ainsi de fouiner dans le sable et les sédiments.
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 protractile
- protractiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protractile?
- \pʁɔ.tʁak.til\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is protractile in French?
protractile appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).