antivax
French, noun/ɑ̃.ti.vaks/
antivax is a French feminine noun meaning “antivaxer, anti-vaxer, antivaxxer, anti-vaxxer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne ou mouvement opposée à certains vaccins ou à la vaccination en général, et qui remet en cause son…”.
What does antivax mean in English?
adjective
- 1
anti-vax (opposed to vaccination)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineantivaxer, anti-vaxer, antivaxxer, anti-vaxxer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne ou mouvement opposée à certains vaccins ou à la vaccination en général, et qui remet en cause son efficacité ou son innocuité.
adjective: 1. Qui s’oppose à la vaccination et remet en cause son efficacité ou son innocuité.
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 antivax
- antivaxs plural masculine feminine
- anti-vax
- antivaxx
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antivax?
- /ɑ̃.ti.vaks/
- \ɑ̃.ti.vaks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is antivax in French?
antivax appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).