radiobalise
French, noun
radiobalise is spelled R-A-D-I-O-B-A-L-I-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radiobalise is a French feminine noun meaning “radio beacon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of radiobaliser. With an accent, radiobalisé is a different word: “past participle of radiobaliser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Émetteur de radionavigation qui permet la localisation géographique, et en général son identification, par un…”.
What does radiobalise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineradio beacon
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of radiobaliser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Émetteur de radionavigation qui permet la localisation géographique, et en général son identification, par un système de détection spécifique terrestre ou satellitaire.
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 radiobalise
- radiobalises plural
- radiobalisée feminine
- radiobalisés masculine plural
- radiobalisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is radiobalise in French?
radiobalise 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).