sporophyte
French, noun\spɔ.ʁɔ.fit\
sporophyte is spelled S-P-O-R-O-P-H-Y-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sporophyte is a French feminine noun meaning “sporophyte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Phase diploïde du cycle de vie des plantes et de certaines algues, issue de la fécondation, qui se développe…”.
What does sporophyte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesporophyte
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phase diploïde du cycle de vie des plantes et de certaines algues, issue de la fécondation, qui se développe à partir du zygote et produit des spores par méiose. Chez les bryophytes, le sporophyte est réduit à une capsule portée par une soie, tandis que chez les plantes vasculaires il correspond à l’organisme dominant et visible.
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 sporophyte
- sporophytes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sporophyte?
- \spɔ.ʁɔ.fit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sporophyte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sporophyte in French?
sporophyte appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).