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sous-embranchement

French, noun\su.z‿ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.mɑ̃\

sous-embranchement is a French masculine noun meaning “subphylum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous-division ou sous-phylum taxinomique intermédiaire, immédiatement inférieur au principal embranchement…”.

What does sous-embranchement mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesubphylum

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sous-division ou sous-phylum taxinomique intermédiaire, immédiatement inférieur au principal embranchement (division ou phylum) de la classification scientifique traditionnelle des êtres vivants.

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 sous-embranchement

  • sous-embranchements plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sous-embranchement?

  • \su.z‿ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.mɑ̃\
  • [ɬ͡su.ɮ͡z‿ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.mɑ̃]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.