utricule
French, noun/y.tʁi.kyl/
utricule is spelled U-T-R-I-C-U-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Utricule is a French masculine noun meaning “utricle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie du tissu cellulaire des végétaux”.
What does utricule mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineutricle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie du tissu cellulaire des végétaux. 2. Sorte de petite outre pleine d’air, servant à soutenir dans l’eau les feuilles et les racines de quelques plantes aquatiques. 3. Saccule recouvert de cils qui se situe dans l’oreille interne et qui joue un rôle dans le maintien de l’équilibre.
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 utricule
- utricules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce utricule?
- /y.tʁi.kyl/
- \y.tʁi.kyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is utricule in French?
utricule appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).