scopitone
French, noun/sko.pi.tɔn/
scopitone is spelled S-C-O-P-I-T-O-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scopitone is a French masculine noun meaning “type of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jukebox des années 60, associant l’image à la musique”.
What does scopitone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetype of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component
- 2
masculinevideoclip produced for this device
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jukebox des années 60, associant l’image à la musique. 2. Vidéoclip diffusé sur cet appareil.
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 scopitone
- scopitones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scopitone?
- /sko.pi.tɔn/
- \sko.pi.tɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is scopitone in French?
scopitone 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).