atonie
French, noun/a.tɔ.ni/
atonie is spelled A-T-O-N-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atonie is a French feminine noun meaning “sluggishness, apathy; lifelessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diminution de l’élasticité des tissus contractiles”.
What does atonie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesluggishness, apathy; lifelessness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminution de l’élasticité des tissus contractiles. 2. Manque d’activité et de vigueur.
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 atonie
- atonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atonie?
- /a.tɔ.ni/
- \a.tɔ.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atonie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atonie in French?
atonie appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).