sténopé
French, noun/ste.nɔ.pe/
sténopé is spelled S-T-É-N-O-P-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sténopé is a French masculine noun meaning “pinhole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Trou dans une chambre noire qui permet la projection de la lumière sur la face opposée”.
What does sténopé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepinhole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trou dans une chambre noire qui permet la projection de la lumière sur la face opposée. 2. Appareil photo utilisant ce dispositif optique. 3. Photographie prise par un tel appareil.
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 sténopé
- sténopés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sténopé?
- /ste.nɔ.pe/
- \ste.nɔ.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sténopé in French?
sténopé appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).