strigile
French, noun\stʁi.ʒil\
strigile is spelled S-T-R-I-G-I-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strigile is a French masculine noun meaning “strigil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument en forme de racloir, en bronze, dont les anciens se servaient dans le bain pour racler la sueur de…”.
What does strigile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestrigil
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument en forme de racloir, en bronze, dont les anciens se servaient dans le bain pour racler la sueur de la peau et en détacher la crasse. 2. Sorte de cannelures sinuées qui servent d’ornement à un certain nombre de sarcophages antiques. ^([1]) 3. Organe de la patte avant des insectes hyménoptères comme les abeilles, servant au nettoyage des antennes. Il est formé par un éperon du tibia.
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 strigile
- strigiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce strigile?
- \stʁi.ʒil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is strigile in French?
strigile appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).