sternutatoire
French, adjective\stɛʁ.ny.ta.twaʁ\
sternutatoire is spelled S-T-E-R-N-U-T-A-T-O-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sternutatoire is a French adjective meaning “sternutatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui excite l’éternuement, la sternutation”.
What does sternutatoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sternutatory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui excite l’éternuement, la sternutation. 2. Qui donne phonétiquement l'impression d’un éternuement, de sternutation.
noun: 1. Médicament qui provoque l’éternuement, la sternutation.
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 sternutatoire
- sternutatoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sternutatoire?
- \stɛʁ.ny.ta.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sternutatoire in French?
sternutatoire appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).