stentor
French, noun/stɛ̃.tɔʁ/
stentor is spelled S-T-E-N-T-O-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stentor is a French masculine noun meaning “stentor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme doué d’une voix forte, tonitruante”.
What does stentor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestentor
une voix de stentor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme doué d’une voix forte, tonitruante. 2. Genre de micro-organismes eucaryotes unicellulaires ciliés (Ciliophora), infusoires d’eau douce, et ressemblant à un porte-voix ou une trompette. 3. Un de ces organismes. 4. Un synonyme plus récent du genre des alouates (Alouatta), singes hurleurs d’Amérique néotropicale.
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 stentor
- stentors plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stentor?
- /stɛ̃.tɔʁ/
- \stɑ̃.tɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is stentor in French?
stentor appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).