trochlée
French, noun/tʁɔ.kle/
trochlée is spelled T-R-O-C-H-L-É-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trochlée is a French feminine noun meaning “trochlea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Articulation en forme de poulie qui présente un versant (ou lèvre) externe séparé d'un versant interne par…”.
What does trochlée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrochlea
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Articulation en forme de poulie qui présente un versant (ou lèvre) externe séparé d'un versant interne par une gorge.
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 trochlée
- trochlées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trochlée?
- /tʁɔ.kle/
- \tʁɔ.kle\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trochlée in French?
trochlée appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).