anesthésie générale

\a.nɛs.te.zi ʒe.ne.ʁal\

/\a.nɛs.te.zi ʒe.ne.ʁal\/ noun

The verdict

“anesthésie générale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acte médical dont l’objectif principal est la suspension temporaire et réversible de la conscience et de la sensibilité douloureuse, généralement dans le cadre d’une intervention chirurgicale.

Key facts for anesthésie générale
PropertyValue
Headwordanesthésie générale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.nɛs.te.zi ʒe.ne.ʁal\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “anesthésie générale” sits in French frequency

anesthésie générale falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anesthésie générale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.nɛs.te.zi ʒe.ne.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acte médical dont l’objectif principal est la suspension temporaire et réversible de la conscience et de la sensibilité douloureuse, généralement dans le cadre d’une intervention chirurgicale.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for anesthésie générale in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is anesthésie générale, spelled A-N-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E- -G-É-N-É-R-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acte médical dont l’objectif principal est la suspension temporaire et réversible de la conscience et de la sensibilité douloureuse, généralement dans le cadre d’une intervention chirurgicale.

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anesthésie générale"?
"anesthésie générale" is spelled A-N-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E- -G-É-N-É-R-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nɛs.te.zi ʒe.ne.ʁal\.
What does "anesthésie générale" mean?
As a noun, "anesthésie générale" means: Acte médical dont l’objectif principal est la suspension temporaire et réversible de la conscience et de la sensibilité douloureuse, généralement dans le cadre d’une intervention chirurgicale.
How do you pronounce "anesthésie générale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anesthésie générale" is \a.nɛs.te.zi ʒe.ne.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anesthésie générale" come from?
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Using “anesthésie générale”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-N-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E- -G-É-N-É-R-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.nɛs.te.zi ʒe.ne.ʁal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list