spéculum
French, noun/spe.ky.lɔm/
spéculum is spelled S-P-É-C-U-L-U-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 93,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spéculum is a French masculine noun meaning “speculum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument propre à ouvrir, à dilater l’entrée de certaines cavités du corps humain et à en réfléchir…”.
What does spéculum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespeculum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument propre à ouvrir, à dilater l’entrée de certaines cavités du corps humain et à en réfléchir l’intérieur au moyen de surfaces polies formant un miroir. 2. Zone du corps d’un animal qui contraste beaucoup avec les couleurs voisines.
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 spéculum
- spéculums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spéculum?
- /spe.ky.lɔm/
- \spe.ky.lɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spéculum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spéculum in French?
spéculum appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).