spermaceti
French, noun\spɛʁ.ma.sɛ.ti\
spermaceti is spelled S-P-E-R-M-A-C-E-T-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spermaceti is a French masculine noun meaning “spermaceti” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organe de plusieurs tonnes, très riche en lipides, situé dans le crâne des cachalots”.
What does spermaceti mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespermaceti
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organe de plusieurs tonnes, très riche en lipides, situé dans le crâne des cachalots.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de spermaceti.
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 spermaceti
- spermacetis plural
- spermacéti
- spermacétis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spermaceti?
- \spɛʁ.ma.sɛ.ti\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spermaceti in French?
spermaceti appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).