vespertilion
French, noun
vespertilion is spelled V-E-S-P-E-R-T-I-L-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vespertilion is a French masculine noun meaning “vespertilionid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une des espèces de chauves-souris du genre Myotis ou de la famille des Vespertilionidae (« vespertilionidés…”.
What does vespertilion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevespertilionid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Une des espèces de chauves-souris du genre Myotis ou de la famille des Vespertilionidae (« vespertilionidés »).
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 vespertilion
- vespertilions plural
- vespertillion obsolete
- vespertilien obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vespertilion?
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vespertilion in French?
vespertilion appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).