thermoscope
French, noun\tɛʁ.mɔ.skɔp\
thermoscope is spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-S-C-O-P-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thermoscope is a French masculine noun meaning “thermoscope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument destiné à découvrir de très petits changements de température, ainsi dénommé par Benjamin Thompson”.
What does thermoscope mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethermoscope
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument destiné à découvrir de très petits changements de température, ainsi dénommé par Benjamin Thompson.
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 thermoscope
- thermoscopes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thermoscope?
- \tɛʁ.mɔ.skɔp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is thermoscope in French?
thermoscope appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).