thrombocyte
\tʁɔ̃.bɔ.sit\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thrombocyte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɔ̃.bɔ.sit\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « thrombocyte » en français
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
- 1Fragment de mégacaryocyte présent dans le sang et qui joue un rôle important dans la coagulation sanguine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thrombocyte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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).
La moelle rouge produit les cellules souches hématopoïétiques (les érythrocytes, les leucocytes, les thrombocytes).
Synonyms
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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.