atrophie
French, noun
atrophie is spelled A-T-R-O-P-H-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atrophie is a French feminine noun meaning “atrophy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, atrophié is a different word: “past participle of atrophier”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arrêt de nutrition d’un organe ou d’un tissu, qui se manifeste par la diminution de son volume ou de son…”.
What does atrophie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineatrophy
verb
- 1
past participle of atrophier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arrêt de nutrition d’un organe ou d’un tissu, qui se manifeste par la diminution de son volume ou de son poids. 2. Diminution, rétrécissement, échec de croissance, d’une chose, d’une activité.
adjective: 1. Qui est en état d’atrophie, de taille anormalement réduite. 2. Affaibli, dégradé.
noun: 1. Personne dégradée.
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 atrophie
- atrophies plural
- atrophiée feminine
- atrophiés masculine plural
- atrophiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to atrophie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atrophie in French?
atrophie appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).