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sphénoïde

French, adjective/sfe.nɔ.id/

sphénoïde is a French adjective meaning “sphenoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a la forme d’un coin”.

What does sphénoïde mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sphenoid

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a la forme d’un coin.

noun: 1. Synonyme d'os sphénoïde.

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 sphénoïde

  • sphénoïdes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sphénoïde?

  • /sfe.nɔ.id/
  • \sfe.nɔ.id\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is sphénoïde in French?

sphénoïde appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).