sphinx chauve-souris
French, noun
sphinx chauve-souris is spelled S-P-H-I-N-X-C-H-A-U-V-E-S-O-U-R-I-S (18 letters). Sphinx chauve-souris is a French masculine noun meaning “synonym of sphinx vespertilio (Hyles vespertilio)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme de sphinx vespertilio (papillon)”.
What does sphinx chauve-souris mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of sphinx vespertilio (Hyles vespertilio).
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonyme de sphinx vespertilio (papillon).
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.