terrigène
French, adjective/tɛ.ʁi.ʒɛn/
terrigène is spelled T-E-R-R-I-G-È-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written French, the 282,260th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terrigène is a French adjective meaning “terrigenous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Provenant de l’érosion des terres”.
What does terrigène mean in English?
adjective
- 1
terrigenous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Provenant de l’érosion des terres.
noun: 1. Chthonien, né de la terre.
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 terrigène
- terrigènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terrigène?
- /tɛ.ʁi.ʒɛn/
- /te.ʁi.ʒɛn/
- \te.ʁi.ʒɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is terrigène in French?
terrigène appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).