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toponyme

French, noun/tɔ.pɔ.nim/

toponyme is spelled T-O-P-O-N-Y-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toponyme is a French masculine noun meaning “toponym, placename” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom propre sous lequel on désigne un élément géographique déterminé, naturel ou rapporté, d’étendue…”.

What does toponyme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetoponym, placename

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Nom propre sous lequel on désigne un élément géographique déterminé, naturel ou rapporté, d’étendue quelconque.

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 toponyme

  • toponymes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce toponyme?

  • /tɔ.pɔ.nim/
  • \tɔ.pɔ.nim\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to toponyme

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is toponyme in French?

toponyme appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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