ankylose
French, noun
ankylose is a French feminine noun meaning “ankylosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ankyloser. With an accent, ankylosé is a different word: “ankylosed”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arrêt complet ou incomplet du mouvement dans les articulations, dans les jointures”.
What does ankylose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineankylosis
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
ankylosed
verb
- 1
past participle of ankyloser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arrêt complet ou incomplet du mouvement dans les articulations, dans les jointures. 2. Raidissement, affaiblissement ou insensibilité des membres dus à une immobilité prolongée.
adjective: 1. Qui souffre d’ankylose, c’est à dire d’un arrêt complet ou incomplet du mouvement dans les jointures. 2. Engourdi. 3. Fonctionnant au ralenti, engourdi, paralysé.
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 ankylose
- ankyloses plural
- ankylosée feminine
- ankylosés masculine plural
- ankylosées feminine plural
- anchylose obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ankylose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ankylose in French?
ankylose appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).