acidophile
French, noun/a.si.dɔ.fil/
acidophile is spelled A-C-I-D-O-P-H-I-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acidophile is a French masculine noun meaning “acidophile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Leucocyte qui prend les colorants acides (→ voir granulocyte acidophile)”.
What does acidophile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
acidophilic
noun
- 1
masculineacidophile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est attiré par l’acide, qui réagit aux acides. 2. Qui vit sur des sols acides. 3. Qualifie les microorganismes vivant dans des milieux acides.
noun: 1. Leucocyte qui prend les colorants acides (→ voir granulocyte acidophile). 2. Microorganisme vivant dans des milieux acides.
noun: 1. Plantes des sols acides.
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 acidophile
- acidophiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acidophile?
- /a.si.dɔ.fil/
- \a.si.dɔ.fil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acidophile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acidophile in French?
acidophile appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).