spéléo
French, noun/spe.le.o/
spéléo is spelled S-P-É-L-É-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spéléo is a French feminine noun meaning “apocopic form of spéléologie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Spéléologie”.
What does spéléo mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalapocopic form of spéléologie
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineapocopic form of spéléologue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Préfixe les mots en relation avec les cavernes, les grottes, les cavités.
noun: 1. Spéléologie.
noun: 1. Spéléologue.
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 spéléo
- spéléos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spéléo?
- /spe.le.o/
- \spe.le.o\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spéléo in French?
spéléo appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).