spéléologie
French, noun/spe.le.ɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
spéléologie is spelled S-P-É-L-É-O-L-O-G-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spéléologie is a French feminine noun meaning “caving, potholing, spelunking, speleology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Activité consistant à explorer les cavités naturelles du sol (gouffres, cavernes, rivières souterraines, …)…”.
What does spéléologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaving, potholing, spelunking, speleology
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Activité consistant à explorer les cavités naturelles du sol (gouffres, cavernes, rivières souterraines, …), que ce soit dans un but scientifique, technique ou encore sportif. 2. Science qui a pour objet l’étude des cavités naturelles du sol.
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 spéléologie
- spéléologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spéléologie?
- /spe.le.ɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
- \spe.le.ɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spéléologie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spéléologie in French?
spéléologie appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).