ptérodactyle
French, noun/pte.ʁɔ.dak.til/
ptérodactyle is spelled P-T-É-R-O-D-A-C-T-Y-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ptérodactyle is a French masculine noun meaning “pterodactyl (extinct flying reptile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de ptérosaures de la famille des Pterodactylidae dont on ne connaît que des débris fossiles”.
What does ptérodactyle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepterodactyl (extinct flying reptile)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de ptérosaures de la famille des Pterodactylidae dont on ne connaît que des débris fossiles.
adjective: 1. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
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 ptérodactyle
- ptérodactyles plural
- ptéro-dactyle alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ptérodactyle?
- /pte.ʁɔ.dak.til/
- /pte.ʁo.dak.til/
- \pte.ʁɔ.dak.til\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ptérodactyle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ptérodactyle in French?
ptérodactyle appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).