théodolite
French, noun\te.ɔ.dɔ.lit\
théodolite is spelled T-H-É-O-D-O-L-I-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Théodolite is a French masculine noun meaning “theodolite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de mesure des angles dans les deux plans horizontal et vertical afin de déterminer une direction…”.
What does théodolite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetheodolite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de mesure des angles dans les deux plans horizontal et vertical afin de déterminer une direction et particulièrement de mesurer l’azimut et la hauteur apparente d’un astre ; ou faire de la triangulation sur un terrain.
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 théodolite
- théodolites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce théodolite?
- \te.ɔ.dɔ.lit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to théodolite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is théodolite in French?
théodolite appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).