tympanique
French, adjective\tɛ̃.pa.nik\
tympanique is spelled T-Y-M-P-A-N-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tympanique is a French adjective meaning “tympanic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au tambour”.
What does tympanique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tympanic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au tambour. 2. Relatif au tympan. 3. Caractérise le son particulier semblable à celui d'un tambour que rend une cavité remplis de gaz lorsqu'on la frappe. Tympanisme 4. Caractérise un os du crane des poissons.
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 tympanique
- tympaniques plural
- tympanal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tympanique?
- \tɛ̃.pa.nik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tympanique in French?
tympanique appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).