andropause
French, noun/ɑ̃.dʁɔ.poz/
andropause is spelled A-N-D-R-O-P-A-U-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andropause is a French feminine noun meaning “andropause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Phénomène biologique, similaire à la ménopause chez les femmes, diminution de la testostérone pouvant…”.
What does andropause mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineandropause
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phénomène biologique, similaire à la ménopause chez les femmes, diminution de la testostérone pouvant affecter les hommes entre quarante et cinquante-cinq ans.
adjective: 1. Qui a atteint l’andropause.
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 andropause
- andropauses plural
- andropausés plural masculine
- andropausée singular feminine
- andropausées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce andropause?
- /ɑ̃.dʁɔ.poz/
- \ɑ̃.dʁo.poz\
- \ɑ̃.dʁɔ.poz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to andropause
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is andropause in French?
andropause appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).