Symplégade
French, noun/sɛ̃.ple.ɡad/
Symplégade is spelled S-Y-M-P-L-É-G-A-D-E (10 letters). Symplégade is a French feminine noun meaning “any one of the Symplegades (a pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together whenever a vessel passed through)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Singulier de Symplégades”.
What does Symplégade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany one of the Symplegades (a pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together whenever a vessel passed through)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Singulier de Symplégades.
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 Symplégade
- Symplégades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Symplégade?
- /sɛ̃.ple.ɡad/
- \sɛ̃.ple.ɡad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.