profase
Spanish, noun[pɾoˈfase]
profase is spelled P-R-O-F-A-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profase is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prohase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Primera fase de la división celular del tipo mitosis y de la meiosis. En ella se produce la condensación de…”.
What does profase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprohase
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Primera fase de la división celular del tipo mitosis y de la meiosis. En ella se produce la condensación de todo el material genético (ADN) que normalmente existe en forma de cromatina condensada dentro de una estructura altamente ordenada llamada cromosoma y el desarrollo bipolar del huso mitótico.
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.
Forms of profase
- profases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce profase?
- [pɾoˈfase]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to profase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is profase in Spanish?
profase appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).