thorax
French, noun/tɔ.ʁaks/
thorax is spelled T-H-O-R-A-X (6 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thorax is a French masculine noun meaning “thorax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cage de la poitrine, où sont enfermés les poumons et le cœur”.
What does thorax mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethorax
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cage de la poitrine, où sont enfermés les poumons et le cœur. 2. Un des trois grands segments de l'anatomie de l'insecte. Il porte les trois paires de pattes et les ailes éventuelles.
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 thorax?
- /tɔ.ʁaks/
- \tɔ.ʁaks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thorax
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thorax in French?
thorax appears 2.4 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).