telson
French, noun\tɛl.sɔ̃\
telson is spelled T-E-L-S-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Telson is a French masculine noun meaning “telson” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Segment terminal postérieur du corps des arthropodes”.
What does telson mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetelson
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Segment terminal postérieur du corps des arthropodes.
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 telson
- telsons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce telson?
- \tɛl.sɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to telson
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is telson in French?
telson appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).