ptérygoïdien
French, adjective/pte.ʁi.ɡɔ.i.djɛ̃/
ptérygoïdien is spelled P-T-É-R-Y-G-O-Ï-D-I-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ptérygoïdien is a French adjective meaning “pterygoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a rapport à l’apophyse ptérygoïde”.
What does ptérygoïdien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pterygoid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport à l’apophyse ptérygoïde.
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 ptérygoïdien
- ptérygoïdienne feminine
- ptérygoïdiens masculine plural
- ptérygoïdiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ptérygoïdien?
- /pte.ʁi.ɡɔ.i.djɛ̃/
- \pte.ʁi.ɡɔ.i.djɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ptérygoïdien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ptérygoïdien in French?
ptérygoïdien appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).