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listeriosis

Spanish, noun/listeˈɾjosis/

listeriosis is spelled L-I-S-T-E-R-I-O-S-I-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Listeriosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “listeriosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Infección provocada por la listeria, infrecuente, de baja morbilidad pero de alta mortalidad”.

What does listeriosis mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelisteriosis

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Infección provocada por la listeria, infrecuente, de baja morbilidad pero de alta mortalidad.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce listeriosis?

  • /listeˈɾjosis/
  • [lis.t̪eˈɾjo.sis]
  • [list̪eˈɾjosis]

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

English words that translate to listeriosis

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is listeriosis in Spanish?

listeriosis appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.

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

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