zancle
French, noun\zɑ̃kl\
zancle is spelled Z-A-N-C-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zancle is a French masculine noun meaning “surgeonfish etc (of the family Acanthuridae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson des mers chaudes vivant sur les fonds coralliens, joliment coloré, au corps latéralement plat, avec…”.
What does zancle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurgeonfish etc (of the family Acanthuridae)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poisson des mers chaudes vivant sur les fonds coralliens, joliment coloré, au corps latéralement plat, avec une nageoire dorsale longue et effilée en forme de faucille.
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 zancle
- zancles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zancle?
- \zɑ̃kl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zancle in French?
zancle 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).