tachygraphe
French, noun/ta.ki.ɡʁaf/
tachygraphe is spelled T-A-C-H-Y-G-R-A-P-H-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tachygraphe is a French masculine noun meaning “speedometer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui pratique la tachygraphie”.
What does tachygraphe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespeedometer
- 2
masculineobsoletetélégraphe Chappe
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetachygrapher, tachygraph
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui pratique la tachygraphie. 2. Appareil donnant la vitesse instantanée du véhicule.
noun: 1. Chronotachygraphe.
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 tachygraphe
- tachygraphes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tachygraphe?
- /ta.ki.ɡʁaf/
- \ta.ki.ɡʁaf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tachygraphe in French?
tachygraphe appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).