thermophile
French, adjective\tɛʁ.mɔ.fil\
thermophile is spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-P-H-I-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thermophile is a French adjective meaning “thermophilous, thermophilic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie les êtres vivants qui végètent et croissent dans un milieu chaud”.
What does thermophile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thermophilous, thermophilic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les êtres vivants qui végètent et croissent dans un milieu chaud.
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 thermophile
- thermophiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thermophile?
- \tɛʁ.mɔ.fil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thermophile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thermophile in French?
thermophile appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).