asbestose
French, noun/az.bɛs.toz/
asbestose is a French feminine noun meaning “asbestosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fibrose pulmonaire interstitielle, diffuse et progressive, due à l'inhalation prolongée de poussière…”.
What does asbestose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineasbestosis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fibrose pulmonaire interstitielle, diffuse et progressive, due à l'inhalation prolongée de poussière d'amiante.
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 asbestose
- asbestoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asbestose?
- /az.bɛs.toz/
- \as.bɛs.toz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is asbestose in French?
asbestose appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).