squameux
French, adjective\skwa.mø\
squameux is spelled S-Q-U-A-M-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Squameux is a French adjective meaning “squamous, scaly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est écailleux, couvert de squames”.
What does squameux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
squamous, scaly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est écailleux, couvert de squames. 2. Qui a l’aspect d’une écaille.
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 squameux
- squameuse feminine
- squameuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce squameux?
- \skwa.mø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to squameux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is squameux in French?
squameux appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).