zootrope
French, noun\zo.o.tʁɔp\
zootrope is spelled Z-O-O-T-R-O-P-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zootrope is a French masculine noun meaning “zoetrope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de phénakistiscope inventé par William George Horner en 1833, montrant les différentes phases du…”.
What does zootrope mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezoetrope
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de phénakistiscope inventé par William George Horner en 1833, montrant les différentes phases du mouvement chez les êtres animés.
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 zootrope
- zootropes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zootrope?
- \zo.o.tʁɔp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zootrope
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zootrope in French?
zootrope appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).