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atlantic

French\a.tlɑ̃.tik\

atlantic is a French adjective. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de locomotive "221" créé au début du XXᵉ siècle”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Type de locomotive "221" créé au début du XXᵉ siècle.

noun: 1. Type de locomotive à vapeur avec la disposition d’essieux 221.

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.

How do you pronounce atlantic?

  • \a.tlɑ̃.tik\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is atlantic in French?

atlantic appears 2.9 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).