thrombocyte

\tʁɔ̃.bɔ.sit\

/\tʁɔ̃.bɔ.sit\/ noun

The verdict

“thrombocyte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fragment de mégacaryocyte présent dans le sang et qui joue un rôle important dans la coagulation sanguine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thrombocyte · thrombocyte · French

thrombocyte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for thrombocyte
PropertyValue
Headwordthrombocyte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɔ̃.bɔ.sit\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « thrombocyte » en français

thrombocytereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thrombocyte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɔ̃.bɔ.sit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fragment de mégacaryocyte présent dans le sang et qui joue un rôle important dans la coagulation sanguine.".

No misspelling variants are generated for thrombocyte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is thrombocyte, spelled T-H-R-O-M-B-O-C-Y-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fragment de mégacaryocyte présent dans le sang et qui joue un rôle important dans la coagulation sanguine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how thrombocyte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La liaison déclenche l’activation du thrombocyte qui émet alors des pseudopodes et sécrète le contenu de ses granules ainsi que des substances produites extemporanément (des dérivés de l’acide arachidonique par exemple).
  2. La moelle rouge produit les cellules souches hématopoïétiques (les érythrocytes, les leucocytes, les thrombocytes).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thrombocyte"?
"thrombocyte" is spelled T-H-R-O-M-B-O-C-Y-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɔ̃.bɔ.sit\.
What does "thrombocyte" mean?
As a noun, "thrombocyte" means: Fragment de mégacaryocyte présent dans le sang et qui joue un rôle important dans la coagulation sanguine.
How do you pronounce "thrombocyte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thrombocyte" is \tʁɔ̃.bɔ.sit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thrombocyte" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list