sphincter
French, noun/sfɛ̃k.tɛʁ/
sphincter is spelled S-P-H-I-N-C-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sphincter is a French masculine noun meaning “sphincter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Muscle annulaire qui a la faculté de se contracter et qui sert à rétrécir ou à fermer certains orifices…”.
What does sphincter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesphincter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Muscle annulaire qui a la faculté de se contracter et qui sert à rétrécir ou à fermer certains orifices naturels. 2. Anus.
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 sphincter
- sphincters plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sphincter?
- /sfɛ̃k.tɛʁ/
- \sfɛ̃k.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sphincter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sphincter in French?
sphincter appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).