amniocentèse
French, noun/am.njɔ.sɑ̃.tɛz/
amniocentèse is spelled A-M-N-I-O-C-E-N-T-È-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amniocentèse is a French feminine noun meaning “amniocentesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prélèvement de liquide amniotique pour établir l’état de santé du fœtus”.
What does amniocentèse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineamniocentesis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prélèvement de liquide amniotique pour établir l’état de santé du fœtus.
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 amniocentèse
- amniocentèses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amniocentèse?
- /am.njɔ.sɑ̃.tɛz/
- \a.mnjo.sɛ̃.tɛz\
- \a.mnjɔ.sɛ̃.tɛz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amniocentèse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amniocentèse in French?
amniocentèse appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).