pygidium
French, noun\pi.ʒi.djɔm\
pygidium is spelled P-Y-G-I-D-I-U-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pygidium is a French masculine noun meaning “pygidium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie caudale de certains arthropodes, comme les trilobites, dont les segments abdominaux sont caractérisés…”.
What does pygidium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepygidium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie caudale de certains arthropodes, comme les trilobites, dont les segments abdominaux sont caractérisés par l'absence d'appendices natatoires ou ambulatoires. 2. Dernier segment du corps des annélides.
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 pygidium
- pygidiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pygidium?
- \pi.ʒi.djɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pygidium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pygidium in French?
pygidium 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).