rhinolophe
French, noun\ʁi.nɔ.lɔf\
rhinolophe is a French masculine noun meaning “rhinolophid; horseshoe bat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une des espèces de chauves-souris du genre Rhinolophus, qui ont des excroissances nasales en fer à cheval ou…”.
What does rhinolophe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerhinolophid; horseshoe bat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Une des espèces de chauves-souris du genre Rhinolophus, qui ont des excroissances nasales en fer à cheval ou en fer de lance.
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 rhinolophe
- rhinolophes plural
- rhinolophe vrai
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rhinolophe?
- \ʁi.nɔ.lɔf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rhinolophe in French?
rhinolophe appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).