synapse
French, noun/si.naps/
synapse is spelled S-Y-N-A-P-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Synapse is a French feminine noun meaning “synapse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Zone de quasi-contact qui permet la transmission d’un signal électrique entre deux neurones. Elle relie le…”.
What does synapse mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zone de quasi-contact qui permet la transmission d’un signal électrique entre deux neurones. Elle relie le bouton synaptique du neurone en amont et n’importe quelle partie du neurone en aval. 2. Zones de contact incomplet spécialisées dans la transmission de l’influx nerveux d’un neurone à l’autre ou entre un neurone et une fibre musculaire. (Définition de Shérington)
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 synapse
- synapses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce synapse?
- /si.naps/
- \si.naps\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to synapse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is synapse in French?
synapse appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).