spermathèque
French, noun/spɛʁ.ma.tɛk/
spermathèque is spelled S-P-E-R-M-A-T-H-È-Q-U-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spermathèque is a French feminine noun meaning “spermatheca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réservoir séminal, organe féminin de stockage des spermatozoïdes chez certains insectes, mollusques et autres…”.
What does spermathèque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespermatheca
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réservoir séminal, organe féminin de stockage des spermatozoïdes chez certains insectes, mollusques et autres invertébrés, la semence des mâles peut y rester vivante pendant plusieurs années et permet la fécondation sans qu'une nouvelle copulation soit nécessaire.
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 spermathèque
- spermathèques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spermathèque?
- /spɛʁ.ma.tɛk/
- \spɛʁ.ma.tɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spermathèque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spermathèque in French?
spermathèque appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).