terminus
French, noun/tɛʁ.mi.nys/
terminus is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-U-S (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terminus is a French masculine noun meaning “terminus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point final, endroit où s’arrête une ligne de chemins de fer, de bateaux, d’avions, de transports quelconques…”.
What does terminus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineterminus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point final, endroit où s’arrête une ligne de chemins de fer, de bateaux, d’avions, de transports quelconques ; point d'arrêt non suivi d’autres stations. 2. Point au delà duquel l’exploration d’une grotte ne peut pas continuer.
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.
How do you pronounce terminus?
- /tɛʁ.mi.nys/
- \tɛʁ.mi.nys\
- [tɛʁ.mi.nys]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terminus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terminus in French?
terminus appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).