spicule
French, noun/spi.kyl/
spicule is spelled S-P-I-C-U-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spicule is a French feminine noun meaning “spicule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément du squelette des éponges, constitué de silice, de calcaire ou de spongine”.
What does spicule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespicule
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit de l’épi composé de plusieurs épillets sessiles ou subsessiles serrés contre le rachis, par exemple l’ivraie.
noun: 1. Élément du squelette des éponges, constitué de silice, de calcaire ou de spongine. 2. Spicule pénial : organe chitineux de certains nématodes servant à la copulation. 3. Petites protubérances kératinisées sur le pénis de certains mammifères. 4. Glycoprotéine en forme d’aiguille, insérée dans l’enveloppe de certains virus, comme les coronavirus, permettant l’attachement et la fusion avec les cellules hôtes.
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 spicule
- spicules plural
- spiculés plural masculine
- spiculée singular feminine
- spiculées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spicule?
- /spi.kyl/
- \spi.ky.le\
- \spi.kyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spicule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spicule in French?
spicule appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).